Thread by @kelvin_morganNZ

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1/ It’s 8 days on since the final curtain came down on the #Convoy2022NZ protest that was the 23 day occupation of Parliament grounds. Lots to unpack.

Thanks for your retweet’s of the coverage that made up my first thread, here’s part 2 (and it’s a long one).

Enjoy.

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2/ Let’s start with an opening montage of protester reckons & reasons shot by openly proud supporters of the occupation NAM - Non Accredited Media.

(keep your eye out for a full length documentary from them coming soon)

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3/ Players. So many players. Lets start with one of our fav’s, Brad Flutey.

It’s hard to confirm his reasoning behind conducting these late night negotiations, but I’m picking it was part of a desperate attempt to try & gain official endorsement from protest leadership

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4/ Days later it was of no surprise to hear Flutey had been placed under arrest for allegedly inciting violence (alleged incriminating evidence follows in next tweet). This was to be beginning of the end of his participation in the protest.

*Footage courtesy of 1 News

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5/ And here’s the Telegram posts that got him in trouble. He alleges these were misinformation posted by design to see if the police would take him seriously, essentially a test if you will. Lol, cool story bro 👍🏼👍🏼

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6/ Flutey lasted less than 24 hours after being released before being arrested again for breach of bail. His explanation detailing his ruse below (part 1 of 2), media report with details of court appearance here:

1news.co.nz/2022/02/28/jud…

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7/ Flutey continues his explanation of events leading to his arrest…(part 2 of 2).

Question: Does Flutey’s demeanour in the arrest footage match what you’d reasonably expect given his explanation it was all just a ruse?

Yep, one of these things is not like the other.

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8/ It’s not at all unexpected to find a protest of this size & nature bringing out all the main players, including this one. Here’s creepy Damien De Ment announcing he’s on his way down to Wgtn along with a hustle to try & lure more subscribers to his alt right group.

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9/ So in the previous tweet De Ment mentions being handed a mic to speak at the protest. Except no one was willing to give him one. No one. With no audience what more could he do but wander around aimlessly… Here he is doing his best David Attenborough impersonation.

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10/ As you’ll see from this screenshot he uploaded to FB on the Sunday, De Ment started fishing for interest in setting up an Auckland protest, later even uploading a survey that at last look had gathered almost 2k responses. Days later it’s safe to say he’s full of 💩

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11/ And here’s where we’ll leave creepy De Ment, having a rant somewhere between the protest & heading back to his garage in Puhoi. Full of his usual delusional b/s, the post like him has since disappeared from FB where he’s possibly earn’t himself another 30 day ban?

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12/ What’s that? Did somebody mention Kelvyn Alp and larp in the same sentence?

*Disclaimer - by clicking on the below video and/or link to full clip, you agree not to sue me for giving you PTSD

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13/ Curiously Alp took Counterspin off air frequently as the protest stretched on. Mind you, the content he & Spiers were churning out really wasn’t keeping pace with rivals. Here he is on his down time endorsing the protest started in the Auckland domain on Feb 26th.

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14/ The Auckland domain protest which ended peacefully on March 3rd, has since left its organisers arguing amongst themselves over the small matter a few thousand donated dollars. Here’s the basis for their occupation of the land noting local iwi did not at all support.

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15/ Meanwhile on that same weekend in Auckland, Saturday of course saw FARC take on the harbour bridge, later triumphantly claiming 50,000 people had made the hikoi over. As per, should have gone to Specsavers you clowns. Your own images don’t lie after all.

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16/ FARC’s hikoi was ultimately an epic fail. Aucklanders although frustrated with their antics have simply conditioned themselves to their ongoing disruptive behaviour. Here’s a snippet of their on brand messaging,baring in mind young children are taken on these hikois

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17/ The hikoi was of course in aid of FARC’s demands for all mandates to be lifted by March 1st. When that didn’t happen, they issued a press release which amongst other things contained this little gem. Make of it what you will. Me?

I. Fucking. Laughed. My. Ass. Off.

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18/ Back down in Wgtn, shit was starting to get real. There’s A LOT going on in this footage, which was basically a brazen, albeit failed attempt right in front of police to move a concrete bollard in order to let more cars in.

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19/ And the next day another confrontation, over the removal of an SUV. Plain to see that any messaging from the leadership pleading with protesters to respect police & keep it peaceful was being completely ignored by many of them (this incident ended with no arrests).

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20/ And now for a short interlude…

Mad respect to old mate ripping it up on the protest dance floor! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

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21/ Ladies and gentlemen, meet Simone🧍🏻‍♀️

Simone has some reckons about the white car driven into police a few weeks ago.

Simone has clearly caught the police & msm out with their shenanigans.

Be like Simone.

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22/ So as I mentioned earlier, a protest of this significance usually brings out all the main players. Enter stage left our next participant, who frankly needs no introduction at all.

Such a treat, what a pleasure 🥂

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23/ Turns out our favourite Karen is a woman of quite considerable talents. I shit you not.

Enjoy.

*please note - I take no personal responsibility for you becoming utterly addicted to this 36 seconds of raw ANZAC talent

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24/ Yep, she’s always lurking in the background at these things. Here’s a possibly confused about the law Sue Grey outside the Wgtn district court with the 7 women held in Rimutaka prison for a few days following the first ill conceived round of arrests by police.

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25/ Back down at #freedumb village, disagreements between factions appeared to be ramping up. Online noise revealed many of the protesters were fed up, frustrated, exhausted, and in some cases quite ill. Tensions with police were at an all time high too due to clashes.

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26/ Onto Leighton Baker now who spent his final days at the protest conducting what really felt like a subtle campaign to try & elevate his profile to Man of the People. Here he is looking completely out of place holding the line (that’s his wife Sue behind the camera).

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27/ ‘EMF for Dummies’

Taking a break from gaslighting on the main stage and to his credit, was this attempt by Baker to debunk noise in the #freedumb village being perpetuated by the alt right about the govts supposed use of EMF weapons on the protesters. Fml 🤦🏻‍♂️

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28/ Couldn’t do another thread without including a few appearances from #altrightbarbie! Here she is trying to convince us there’s absolutely no threat to the govt from any of the protesters. Link to article below for context.

newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politics/…

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29/ Credit where credits due. #freedumb village’s infrastructure plan was actually very well considered and brilliantly executed. Resourceful lot that they were, unfortunately things were about to became majorly unstuck with the installation of these showers…

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30/ Once police got wind of the shower block, a decision was made to roll in with a forklift at 12:30am the next morning to remove it, no explanation given. These next 3 tweets document the immediate reaction as it unfolded in real time.

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31/ Look out for the guy in the light tan jacket instructing protesters to “stand down & let them (police) piss off!” Thats Destiny church’s Kaiui, an MC from FARC’s early Auckland protests. He very curiously ended up spending a lot of time on the ground in Wgtn...

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32/ The audio in this clip from start to finish is quite surreal… And intense.

“I see a bunch of bloody bullies holding shields…”

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33/ Also lurking about in #freedumb village the whole time was bat shit crazy alt right Northland activist Carlene Louise. Here she would have us all believe she was negotiating directly with police.

I believe the appropriate colloquialism to use is: “Fuck off”

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34/ Tensions were running extremely high in #freedumb village on the last night, with many rumours circulating of an impending police operation to remove the protesters. These were Sue Greys reckons, the beginning of which you really couldn’t make up. Oh wait☝🏼

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35/ The rumours also made it all the way to Leighton Baker’s cosy couch up the road prompting him to post this direct plea on social media asking for more boots on the ground to try and bolster numbers down at #freedumb village.

Pats on the back ✔️
Reinforcements ✖️

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36/ “We’re over being bullied, we’re over being pushed around, and the peace love & unity can only get us so far. But when you really start messing with the people, the people are going to rise”

Hmmm… that ended well for the people didn’t it Carlene.

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37/ Its now d-day & Alan Simmons fate awaits him. Destined to end up a major casualty, his confrontation with police results in him needing a hip replacement. He accuses the police of brutality. This is his own footage, you be the judge.

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38/ This footage is included purely to add further context to Simmons confrontational nature. Here he becomes completely unhinged during a night time police operation to install more bollards in the streets surrounding #freedumb village.

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39/ Daylight has now broken on the last day of the occupation and police have started moving in to squeeze the protesters out.

Please take caution, most of the upcoming footage contains highly confrontational scenes that may upset.

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40/ You really feel like you’re right there on the ground in amongst it in this scene. Plain to see the aggression from the protesters left the police with no other alternative but to respond with using reasonable force to eject them.

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41/ There’s so much to unpack in this footage shot by #altrightbarbie, with both her & boyfriend Jacob’s highly toxic attitude towards police playing out like a true tragic comedy.

It’s simple Baker. Fuck around & find out.

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42/ This footage also courtesy of #altrightbarbie proves beyond any reasonable doubt that she’s always got time for the fans no matter the haps. That’s how it’s done folks.

Also, try not to laugh too much. Because she might not ever forget. Ok?

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43/ This is becoming a bit of a habit with her but, just going to take a brief detour with these next couple of tweets to add some context to the little attention seeker that is #altrightbarbie.

So, that ⬇️ was then…

*footage courtesy of ZM’s 2015 ‘Ladies of NZ’

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44/ …and this ⬇️ is now.

It seems not much has changed in the last 7 years. Except amongst other things she would have us all believe she should taken seriously & given official status as fully accredited ‘alternative media’.

I feel another colloquialism coming on…

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45/ It’s common knowledge #altrightbarbie accused police of starting the first fire by kicking over a generator causing it to set a tent alight. This widely shared footage totally debunks that. Also proof that journalistic integrity has no place in Baker’s ‘reporting’.

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46/ Here’s Revolution Media spokesperson paranoid android he who stores his tinfoil wrapped mobile & laptop devices in his freezer Shane Chaffin with his response to the police operation. Should be of no surprise to learn his call fell on completely ears. Muppet.

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47/ By now police had advanced down to the Beehive end of the grounds. This footage includes showing the children’s playground well ablaze. Days later online noise perpetuated by #altrightbarbie accusing govt planted Antifa recruits of causing the fires still rages on…

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48/ Police continue to advance on the protesters with the fire service in tow using high pressure water hoses to extinguish the fires. In less than 20 mins they would finally take back Parliament grounds.

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49/ Here this utterly unhinged muppet gets the hose treatment when he appears to inadvertently wander a little too close to the police front line...

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50/ Some of the final moments showing polices brilliant work taking back and securing Parliament grounds from the protesters. No doubt a few of the muppets featured here are destined for a date with a judge once identified.

#lockthemup

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51/ In this final piece of dramatic riot footage it’s very evident this particular situation could have had a much worse outcome. Thank god everyone ended up safe.

As at today police still have yet to announce the drivers arrest.

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52/ Sue Grey outside Wgtn hospital getting very emotional over the days events. Simmons would ultimately be put in isolation after testing positive for covid-19 and receive his hip replacement a couple of days later. Apparently now recuperating at his home in Turangi.

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53/ Here Kelvyn Alp shows us why he should just stick to acting out his larping fantasies in dodgy YouTube videos.

#cunterspinreckons

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54/ So Leighton ‘Man of the People’ Baker ended up anchoring himself on the front line inside Parliament grounds in what could only be viewed as a deliberate ploy to get himself arrested. Can’t wait for him to leverage off it for political gain.

1news.co.nz/2022/03/03/lei…

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55/ The final appearance of #altrightbarbie on this thread with some of her post match reckons. As per, shes completely delusional and utterly full of her own self-importance. Did you know she allegedly flew home from the protest on a private jet?

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56/ Desperate to discredit police by labelling them bullies & thugs, days later protesters are still carrying out a sustained campaign of lies on social media about supposed police brutality. Like sharing this quickly debunked nonsense for example.

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57/ Here’s a more extreme example of the utter nonsense currently being disseminated by the #freedumb movement across social media. To think that once intelligent, rational, critical thinking kiwis have now descended into believing this type of b/s. Dear god. No words…

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58/ Can’t confirm if Sue Grey or Allan Simmons personally posted this to The Outdoors Party FB page, but ultimately the buck stops with them for allowing their platform to be used to disseminate these totally unsubstantiated claims against the police. Desperate much?

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59/ Despite media reporting to the contrary, Cramner Square protesters actually made their agreement to leave with police 6 days ago. The Octagon is now the last remaining occupation after Auckland & Picton packed up last Thursday fearing a Wgtn style end by police.

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60/ Lets end on another clip from NAM (Non Accredited Media) with this, a dramatic montage of riot footage that gives us a final reminder of what the police & democracy were up against that day.

Nga Mihi
Peace be the journey ❤️

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