NSW police officers at pro-Palestine rally allegedly wore badges associated with rightwing extremism

Legal Observers NSW says several officers' at Port Botany protest - where 19 people were arrested - wore thin blue line patch on uniform

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At least one New South Wales police officer wore a thin blue line" badge - which has been co-opted by far-right and extremist groups - when working at a pro-Palestine protest at Port Botany, according to Legal Observers NSW.

Guardian Australia has seen a photograph of one officer wearing the badge on Sunday night and observers who attended the protest said several" other officers also wore the patch showing a black-and-white Australian flag with a blue line running across it.