Danny Lim has been hospitalised after being violently detained by two police officers in the Queen Victoria building. Video shows his head hitting the tiled floor.
For those who don't know him, Danny is a lovely and friendly 78-year-old man who makes his own colourful protests as well as regularly attending mass demonstrations in Sydney.
More detail at SMH on "attempted arrest" of Danny (may be paywalled):
An eyewitness who knew Danny said "when police arrived he explained to them that Lim was a well-known figure and posed no danger to the public, but they “blatantly told me to go away or face prosecution”."
"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."
"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.”
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."
Jim Richardson
