The organisers of a protest in Sydney against a visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday have criticised what they called “sickening state violence” by police against demonstrators.
“The vast majority of people in that crowd — not a small minority — either directly experienced or witnessed all around them sickening acts of police brutality against people who were just trying to disperse,” Palestine Action Group’s spokesperson Josh Lees told reporters on Tuesday morning.
Organisers had hoped to march through the city, but a court decision that upheld the police’s ability to restrict protests scuppered plans.
NSW Police commissioner Mal Lanyon said what had occurred at Town Hall was “simply unacceptable” and that police had “held the line” after a large number of people moved down George Street at the end of the rally’s speeches.
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