AUSTRALIAN ANTI TERROR POLICE ARREST OF PRODUCER OF YOUTUBE MEDIA JOURNALIST.

The Australian Law Enforcement Conduct Commission which is a government body that investigates police misconduct in Australia is set to investigate the arrest of an Australian Producer of a popular online media You Tuber Jordan Shanks.

The arrest was instigated by the office of NewsSouth Wales Deputy Premier John Barilaro.

Jordan Shanks show. Reporting on NSW Deputy Premier.                Jordan Shanks Producer arrested.
 
Jordan Shanks is a popular investigative online You Tube Media personality who is popular amongst Gen Z followers. Jordan who narrates detailed, assertive and lampooning episodes on You Tube reporting on allege corruption and misdeeds of Australian Politicians.

Jordan's style has a comical edge in which he used in his critique and reporting of alleged corruption of News South Wales Deputy Premier John Barilaro.

Jordan also made a video exposing the funding source of the Australia Strategic Policy Institute or ASPI as they known by their acronym. ASPI is a US State Department and US weapons company funded Commonwealth Public Company think tank which advises the Australian government on strategic matters. ASPi promotes a Hawkish Anti China narrative. 

Jordan Shanks report on the Australian Strategic Policy Institue 

He has also hit back at Anti China US journalist who push Australia to be more combative with China.

                                            Jordan Shanks responds to New York Times Reporter 

In May of this year after document serving Jordan Shanks with a defamation lawsuit Mr Barilaro's lawyers in regards to Jordan's investigative style reporting on the NSW Deputy Premier. 

Mr Shanks reports that on June 4 2021 on the way home from University his producer Mr Lankger saw Mr Barilaro and wanted to hand back the lawsuit which had a number of legal errors.  

In the video shared by Mr Shanks on his podcast of this incident there appeared to be no aggression or intention of violence on behalf of Mr Langker, nor in a previous video where Mr Shanks and Mr Langker pranked Mr Barilaro at an event. 

Footage of Jordan;'s producer Kristo Langker approach NSW Deputy Premier

Around a week later plain clothes Australian Anti Terrorism Fixated Persons Unit officers came to Mr Langker's home and arrested. The arrested involved a scuffle which is alleged one of the officers making the arrest knocked over Mr Langker's mother.

Jordan's report on the arrest and footage of arrest. 

The fixated Person's Unit which is administered under the Australian Police Anti Terrorism branch was established after the Lindt Cafe Siege where in December 2014 a gunman was involved in a 16 hour hostage standoff of the Lindt Cafe where one Cafe staff member was killed and the gunman was shot and killed by police.

This arrest, which was initiated to the Australian Anti Terrorism Fixated Persons Unit by Mr Barilaro's office has gained much public attention and the attention of two politicians in Adam Searle and David Shoebridge from the News South Wales parliament, who questioned the News South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner Dave Hudson into validity in the process of the arrest.

David Shoebridge MLC and Adam Searle MLC raised concerns with Mr Hudson in a video conference interview regarding people engaged in robust satire and critiquing of politicians being arrested. 

When questioned on the assessment for such arrests Deputy Police Commissioner Dave Hudson stated that their assessment criteria includes fixation that can lead could lead to potential violence.


NSW Legislative Politician Questioning the Deputy Police Commissioner whether was intent of violence.

This assessment criteria for arrest appears to very broad and subjective on the point of a fixation leading to "potential violence" can have drastic ramifications for any Australian journalist or current affair program journalist under taking long extensive investigation, foot in the door style questioning and or assertive questioning Australian politicians. 

This case appears to set a precedence on whether Australian journalists have the freedom and scope to undertake thorough investigative journalism on Australian Politicians, who can possibly misuse the Australian Anti Terrorism Fixated Persons Unit to silence Australian Journalists.



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