Former Australian Greens candidate undergoes facial surgery after police arrest
The Australian Greens candidate who ran against prime minister Anthony Albanese in his inner west seat at last month’s election has undergone surgery for serious facial injuries after being arrested at a protest in western Sydney on Friday.
Hannah Thomas, a lawyer and activist, was photographed with a bloodied face and bruised, swollen shut eye in the back of an ambulance after her arrest during a picketing outside a business that reportedly supplies plating services for F-35 jets used by the Israeli Defence Force.
Thomas, 35, ran as the Greens candidate for Grayndler against Albanese in the May federal election.
New South Wales Police arrested five people following what it said was an unauthorised protest of about 60 people outside SEC Plating on Lakemba Street, Belmore, at 5.35am on Friday.
“As police attempted to arrest the protesters who were not complying with the directions, a scuffle ensued between police and protesters,” NSW Police said in a statement.
A 35-year-old woman sustained facial injuries during her arrest after she allegedly failed to comply with a move-on direction and was taken to Bankstown Hospital, NSW Police said. Four other protesters were arrested and charged.
The energy with which Zionist apologists can drive Police to use unnecessary force in protests against the genocide and war crimes of Gaza knows no bounds.
Labour Governments are so frightened of being accused of anti-semitism that they over react to legitimate protest against Israel’s appalling violence and abuse the protestors for having the temerity to highlight Israel’s war crimes.
Beating politicians to the point of needing reconstructive surgery is a terrifying new level the Police in Western countries will go to shut down protests against Israel.
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The NSW Police has the right to self defense…
Zionist supporters are unhinged like the Zionist monster slamming an Iranian child on the concrete floor in a Russian airport leaving the poor child fight for his life.
Remember, there’s no reason to trust the fake Left to have any principles.
Carmel Sepuloni, like the blackmailed zionist Albanese, condemned Iran for defending itself against zionist aggression.
Lucky Trevor Mallard wasn’t there, she could have been exposed to a ZB playlist.
She presented her handbag in a threatening manner and Police were obliged to defend themselves.
This injury on a legitimate protester is shocking as are most of the comments here. What the hell is wrong with people. How could anyone look at the photo of her terrible injury and make the cruel nasty comments here. Shocking. Did she get targeted by the police because she was a greeny? This is unbelievably brutal. I hope they get prosecuted.
Good comment, LC.
Some of these comments are disgraceful for NZders to be making. This is GBH, no matter who did it.
Whoever said, if you can’t stand the heat, stay home, is of course hoping for just that. People will feel so intimidated at the prospect of violence that they stay home.
Which leads to no protests eventually.
What’s that sort of country called again? Oh yes, an authoritarian state, a dictatorship, not somewhere we want to live.
I too, hope this woman’s attacker is prosecuted.
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