Could Danny Lim sue police for $40,000? Lawyer for sandwich board activist considering legal action after video of ‘forceful arrest’ was viewed by 1.3million
- Danny Lim is challenging his $500 dollar fine for offensive behavious
- His lawyer said the activist might take legal action against police over arrest
- Bryan Wrench compared case to a teen who sued police for $40K after arrest
- Lawyer said force used in apprehending the sandwich board activist ‘unjustified’
- Two people complained and hundreds more have protested in support of Mr Lim
Danny Lim’s lawyer has revealed the sandwich board activist could sue police, and has compared his case to a teen who was awarded nearly $40,000 for forceful arrest.
Bryan Wrench confirmed that his client is challenging the $500 fine issued for offensive behaviour after he was arrested by three police officers last Friday.
He is also considering taking legal action over the manner in which he was restrained, once the other matter is finalised.
Danny Lim’s lawyer, Bryan Wrench, said police force used arresting his client was ‘unjustified’
‘It just appears unjustified,’ Mr Wrench told AAP.
The lawyer compared Mr Lim’s case to teenager Jamie Jackson Reed, who was awarded nearly $40,000 in costs after the forceful arrest at Mardi Gras in 2013.
Mr Lim, the Sydney-based former local councillor, 74, was apprehended outside David Jones in Barangaroo holding a sign that read: ‘SMILE CVN’T! WHY CVN’T?’
Mr Lim is a regular on Sydney street corners carrying signs with political and social messages
Video of the arrest was posted on social media with one clip on Facebook getting 1.3 million views.
Hundreds of people also protested in support of Mr Lim outside a Sydney police station last Sunday.
It’s understood at least two people have made formal complaints about the use of force by police during the arrest.
Two people complained and hundreds more have protested against Mr Lim’s forceful arrest
Mr Lim is a regular sight on Sydney street corners carrying signs with political and social messages.
In August 2017, a NSW District Court judge overturned Mr Lim’s earlier conviction and $500 fine after finding a sign worn in 2015 mocking then-prime minister Tony Abbott was poor taste but unlikely to offend the average Australian.
Using an inverted A in the word ‘can’t’, those signs said: ‘TONY YOU CAN’T. LIAR, HEARTLESS, CRUEL’ and ‘TONY YOU CAN’T SCREW EDUCATION.’
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