Damn that's so crazy that John Barilaro firebombed Friendly Jordies house and got away with it.
this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2024
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It appears John Barrilaro might be a severely corrupt, immoral, criminal.
You might have noticed that we haven't been releasing videos after the police arrested a suspect for the firebombing of my house.While we're very grateful for their persistence throughout this ordeal, we felt it would be prudent to see what the response would be from certain individuals.
Their response has been one of rather perplexing confidence. Buoyed by the lack of further arrests they have decided to be much more blunt with their requests, threatening anyone they believe had handed over information to assist with the creation of the video Coronation.
This video detailed links former Deputy Premier John Barilaro had with development company Coronation Property.
The video encompassed more than Coronation Property associates.It included an array of spirited characters, many of whom were enraged with its release. Police have made it very clear that many of the prime suspects in the firebombing are in that video.
Now, over a year later, these figures are once again venting, threatening dire consequences if the video isn't taken down. Given these people's colourful history we don't consider these to be idle threats.
Naturally, we contacted the appropriate authorities, but it appears these men have engulfed the state in a state of fear. It appears these men are indeed above the law. It appears these men are free to point the scythe at anyone they wish, blackmail them with the most heinous, violent acts imaginable and there is not an authority in the land powerful enough, or perhaps foolhardy enough to check them.
We have done our absolute best to keep the video up. Believe me, we have. But if the content of Coronation is to fall on willfully deaf ears, if its only tangible result is the death of innocent people,we will not have their lives hang on our conscience.
In other words, you win. We're taking down the video. Congratulations. You run this city.
We were ignorant of the fact that Sydney is more or less 1920s Chicago. But now that we're fully aware, you are free to run your business without further bother from us. Sorry for the inconvenience.
The real shame in all of this, of course, is that it would have made a great story for self-proclaimed home of Australian investigative journalism Four Corners, that touts that it exists to serve the public interest. And you, of course.
It would be very interesting to hear the editorial rationale for why the paralysing grip that organised crime has over the first state didn't meet that criteria while trying to get to the bottom of why there isn't more homosexual AFL players did.
Questions for another time, perhaps.
The question for now, though, is how did these men accumulate so much power that they have incapacitated any of the so-called estates from acting on matters that question its own ascendancy?
This is not thugs killing other thugs for territory. This is unlawful punishment for reporting on the erosion of state authority.You would think that that would interest the state for self-preservation purposes if nothing else and yet it doesn't.
As such, if the policy is to let sleeping dogs lie, so be it. We can live with that. In fact, we have no choice. We have learned that there is a currency that is far more dependable than the dollar, and that's terror.
We can take solace in the fact that we did our part— more than our part. More than we will ever be able to publicly divulge. We ran out on to no man's land without any support and support never came.
Is this the statement from friendlyjordies after the arrest?
It's a copy paste from his YouTube video's description.
NSW Police are a complete joke, if it's not strip searching minors it's just good old corruption.
Absolutely mental. Criminal gangs in bed with Australian government.
In the event this reupload is taken down, I made a copy. Anyone need it, I'll reupload and share a link
If I were Jordan, I'd honestly be applying for political asylum somewhere like Japan, the Philippines or the US.
Difficult to do investigative journalism from another country.
Yes, but I'd rather see him dunk on the Yu-Gi-Oh scene and other fandoms than actively risk his life. He could still do that stuff in America.
Jordan Shanks should be a national treasure and I say this as a non-Aussie. If any of the enemies he's made were to actually take his life...
I wish that stupid ‘Beekeeper’ movie was real, for all our sakes.
I like Jordan. But I believe 90% of his charm is due to his Australian accent.
It'a already happening in the US too. Courts have absolved our police from actually having to do what they were hired to do. So now they wait outside of mass killings, shoot to kill innocent people, rob citizens with no consequences. Why would they bother doing their job anymore, they have guns and most people think those things just happen to "other" people.