In short:

Sydney grandmother Jann Alhafny said her back was broken after she was pushed to the ground by a riot squad officer.

Ian Payne was also injured after attending the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia.

A police officer was allegedly bitten by a protester, and treated by paramedics on Monday night.

  • joelfromaus@aussie.zone
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    3 days ago

    I can’t remember who said it, because ABC radio had a bit of a revolving door of right-wing/Jewish representatives on this morning. When asked about police brutality against protesters the response was along the lines of “police took action against violent protestors” (and I’m super paraphrasing here because I can’t remember the wording) “and calling for the death of all Jews”.

    I’m sure not everyone was peaceful but the 2 videos I’ve seen so far were essentially people protesting by just standing around and then having the shit kicked out of them by police. Hell of a stretch to reach the previous statement with the same person blanketing all injured protesters as “radicals” and “violent left” etc.

    Feels like more and more of the narrative twisting that has become an ever increasing problem worldwide these days.