{"id":42049,"date":"2020-06-05T12:58:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T03:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=42049"},"modified":"2020-06-05T12:58:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T03:28:36","slug":"adelaide-protest-gets-exemption-from-coronavirus-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/adelaide-protest-gets-exemption-from-coronavirus-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Adelaide Protest Gets Exemption From Coronavirus Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Adelaide Black Lives Matters rally has been given an exemption from state restrictions limiting outside gatherings to 80 people and will go ahead at 12 noon in Victoria Square on Saturday.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The anti-racism protest is being held to show solidarity with unarmed black man George Floyd, who was killed last week while in the custody of a Minneapolis police officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>On Friday Police Commissioner Grant Stevens announced the event would receive an exemption from existing restrictions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt is our intention to enable that protest to occur in a peaceful and orderly way,\u201d he said.<\/p><p>\u201cIn doing so, I have just signed a direction that allows an exemption to the rules regarding crowd numbers for this particular type of activity.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/sa\/adelaides-black-lives-matter-protest-given-coronavirus-exemption--c-1081138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to 7 News<\/a>, Commissioner Stevens said police would still monitor the rally to ensure the rally was peaceful and that social distancing was being maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone who is unwell is also encouraged to stay at home. More than 2,000 people are expected to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Commissioner of Police Grant Stevens approves exemption for June long weekend protest aimed at supporting Justice for United States man George Floyd: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YGS64zNmjr\">https:\/\/t.co\/YGS64zNmjr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eyevozndpC\">pic.twitter.com\/eyevozndpC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; South Australia Police (@SAPoliceNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAPoliceNews\/status\/1268741289245200385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Adelaide Black Lives Matters rally has been given an exemption from state restrictions limiting outside gatherings to 80 people and will go ahead at 12 noon in Victoria Square on Saturday. 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