.. not just the police but the state itself. No doubt we're going to hear a Crown Minister soon, come out with the classic line .. "We'll find you .. track you down .. and you may end up in prison" Citizens and voters, stalked by their elected "bi-partisan" politicians for expressing their values

Also the motives are similar, in that a budgetary surplus is a mythical fantasy as is the law and order threat posed by the 'activists'. The expo or whatever, sells various death machines but to read about it one could be excused for thinking that it was some theoretical or artistic exhibition.