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NFU president Tom Bradshaw said that while farmers felt "betrayed" the union did not condone direct action such as withholding food from supermarkets.

Links between the agencies and the killers “went unchecked for many years and was actively concealed, condoned, protected, and facilitated by government agents”, the lawsuit says.

“We do not condone the behavior that occurred, and an immediate investigation has been launched.”

And while she doesn’t condone murder, she believes they deserve a second chance because of the alleged abuse.

Conversely, destructive behavior proliferates in communities that condone it.