‘Too extreme’: Video showing musical duo defacing colonial monuments in Melbourne taken down

A video showing a musical duo spitting on and spraying water pistols apparently filled with their own urine on colonial monuments around Melbourne appears to have been taken down.

The two members of band Divide and Dissolve were filmed  spraying Cook’s cottage and John Batman monuments with water soakers in a video originally posted on Vice’s Noisey website.

Lord Mayor-elect Sally Capp told Neil Mitchell while she supports free speech, the stunt was “too extreme”.

“I was aghast at the disrespect, disrespect for our history for our parks, and disrespect for the people that want to come and enjoy those spaces,” she said.

“And it was very, very disappointing.

“But I am also for free speech, I think it’s just got to be about how we actually engage on these issues and to me, that’s too extreme.”

Victoria Police has told 3AW News incident could constitute a criminal offence.

The City of Melbourne says no complaint has been lodged.

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Photo: 9news.com.au/YouTube Divide and Dissolve