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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T20:47:51.000Z",
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  "textContent": "NSW Police violence against protestors at Town Hall was not an isolated event, rather the end point of a longer process, writes Andrew Brown.",
  "title": "Before the baton falls. How power and framing normalised violence"
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