In the past week, Victoria Police has beaten the pulp out of Australians with batons, used capsicum spray and shot at our fellow citizens with rubber bullets - in broad daylight while the media cheered. Until, of course, the police turned on the media. Today on the Breakdown, what the freedom protests say about our media, our politicians and us.Protest reactionsLee Carnie makes the case for peaceful protests on the DrumPolice shoot rubber bullets at protestorsPhotographer assaulted by policeMan assaulted by policeIndigenous man leg swept in SydneyDaily Telegraph report of the incidentOfficer chargedChristian Porter/Sarah Hanson-YoungChristian Porter’s blind trust avoids ‘conflicts of interest’ (subscriber).