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by Levi Gonzalez / April 28th, 2021 Since the brutal murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police at the onset of last summer, there has been a resurgence of political energy amongst the American population centered on significantly reforming policing in the United States. Ranging from demilitarization to defunding, there has been no shortage of policy proposals issued by an endless assortment of governmental bodies, academic institutions, think tanks, non-profits, etc., as a means to promote greater accountability amongst a public institution that has fully exerted its monopoly on violen...

>> this will take time for us to get all the information so we can piece together bit by bit exactly what happened. >> nbc sara james is live in sydney for us. any new response? >> reporter: yes, as a matter of fact, angie, one of the things that happened to be the is the new south whaels police, the state police announced operation hammer head. it's going to be a three week program of increased police surveillance and intense policing activities throughout the city. the city of 4 million people. in particular police presence will be seen in places like the opera house, the harbor, other place...

Have we seen changes already? >> reporter: we certainly are, mika. there's no question about it. just tonight new south wales police the state please announced something they are calling operation hammer head. what they are planning to do is have an increased police presence on street. they will be patrolling in particular areas which are public meeting places. so things like the harbor, the iconic harbor with the sydney opera house and transportation. that will go on for about three weeks. we have certainly seen that increased police presence obviously yesterday but it's going to be continuin...

>>well, if we can start, thomas, with the question about where moneis obtained the firearm, that's a good thing. under the former prime minister they banned weapons like this. it was in the wake of terrible mass shooting in tasmania. after that, they got rid of weapons. australians were called upon to turn in their weapons and they are illegal. so it's really hard to obtain them. that said, there are weapons around. you can obtain licenses in certain circumstances and some are stolen every year. it's a question as to where it came from. it's something police will be investigating. i also shoul...