Labor backbench and Greens MPs say the police response to a protest against the Israeli president’s visit on Monday evening was “wildly inappropriate” – but the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has defended police actions, saying they were “put in an impossible situation”.
The state Greens MLC Abigail Boyd alleged she was “targeted and attacked” by police during the rally, injuring her wrist and chin.
“I feel quite naive, but I didn’t know that this was what police could do in our state,” she told ABC radio on Tuesday morning. “I feel just absolutely shocked.”
NSW police pepper sprayed protesters at the Sydney rally to Town Hall opposing Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit. They arrested 27 people and said 10 officers were assaulted though none of those assaults were serious.
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Minns has defended the police response as well as the controversial protest restrictions that a member of his government said had creat
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