Danny Lim says he has been "up and down like a yo-yo" after being thrown to the ground by NSW police two weeks ago. He suffered a bleed on the brain and neck injuries.
"I wake up with a headache. I have to sit down all the time. I am not OK, but I want to be OK. The main thing is I am alive."
@ben_hr Another form of #police #brutality that will significantly impact that family.
Currently, #nswpolice only makes matters worse for those families and their own #reputation.
This is as Sydney is preparing for #WorldPride. Earlier this week, it was a brutal attack by the #NSWPolice on #DannyLim
This matter needs to be shared as widely as possible.
Have to link to a tweet, but #DannyLim has been released from hospital. I'm glad he's going to be ok.
https://twitter.com/chrismurphys/status/1595493821323714560?s=20&t=V77R8rk05GbMFD1i8xMFkA
“Danny Lim has been released from hospital with a plan in place for ongoing monitoring. Thank you staff at St Vincent’s Darlinghurst for the loving care.Thank you to the community for your love & support, hope to get our happy icon back with his smiles and his signs. #beautiful”
"Ashley said Lim was begging the officers to call an ambulance, minutes before he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed."
Greg Barns SC said “There is a long history of police investigating themselves and either whitewashing an incident or, alternatively, simply facing internal disciplinary action or minor criminal charges, but certainly not the sort of charges that ought to be contemplated.”
"Greens senator David Shoebridge told the federal parliament Lim, 78, had a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain …
"Greens member of the NSW upper house, Sue Higginson, demanded [Police Minister Paul] Toole initiate a genuinely independent investigation. “It is not appropriate for the [NSW] Police to undertake an internal investigation in the circumstances,” she said."