Moment white ‘All Lives Matter’ counter protester is handcuffed and dragged away by police in the middle of a peaceful demonstration in Sydney
- The man is seen holding the sign at the steps of Town Hall just before 2.30pm
- His small sign has ‘black, white’ crossed out and ‘All Lives Matter’ underneath
- Another protester ripped it from his hands and he was forced off the steps
- NSW Police escorted the man away from the protest and detained him nearby
A man holding an ‘All Lives Matter’ placard had his sign ripped from his hands before he was handcuffed and escorted away by police during a peaceful protest in Sydney.
The man can be seen holding a sign with ‘Black, White’ crossed out and ‘All Lives Matter’ written below at the steps of Town Hall on Saturday, just before 2.30pm.
Another protester ripped the sign from the man’s hands and others began to force him off the steps before police intervened and detained him.
The man can be seen holding a sign with ‘black, white’ crossed out and ‘All Lives Matter’ written below at the steps of Town Hall on Saturday, just before 2.30pm
Another protester ripped the sign from the man’s hands and others began to force him off the steps before police intervened and detained him
The detained man was taken into the nearby Queen Victoria Building.
Two other people were also detained by police and one police officer was allegedly spat on by a protester at the rally.
NSW Police have been contacted for comment.
Just after the ‘All Lives Matter’ protester was detained, the Court of Appeal declared the Sydney ‘Stop All Black Deaths in Custody’ rally to be an authorised public assembly.
The late decision came 12 minutes before the rally’s scheduled start at 3pm outside Town Hall, and means protesters cannot be arrested for blocking roads along the planned route from Town Hall to Belmore Park.
Just after the ‘All Lives Matter’ protester was detained, the Court of Appeal declared the Sydney ‘Stop All Black Deaths in Custody’ rally to be an authorised public assembly
The late decision came 12 minutes before the rally’s scheduled start at 3pm outside Town Hall, and means protesters cannot be arrested for blocking roads along the planned route from Town Hall to Belmore Park
With masks over their mouths, thousands of people have gathered in the CBD to show support for the global Black Lives Matter movement and protest against Aboriginal deaths in custody.
Bearing signs saying ‘police the police’ and ‘same sh*t different soil’ the crowd stood slightly apart from one another outside Sydney Town Hall as they rallied amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Town Hall railway station has been closed and there is a large police presence in the city monitoring the rally.
Several protesters climbed on top of a glass entrance to Town Hall Station before police asked them to get down.
The crowd clapped and yelled ‘I can’t breathe’ – the latter among the last words of US man George Floyd, before being lead in chants of ‘whose lives matter?’, ‘black lives matter’.
With masks over their mouths, thousands of people have gathered in the CBD to show support for the global Black Lives Matter movement and protest against Aboriginal deaths in custody
Bearing signs saying ‘police the police’ and ‘same sh*t different soil’ the crowd stood slightly apart from one another outside Sydney Town Hall as they rallied amid the coronavirus pandemic
The appeal was heard from 2pm after organiser Raul Bassi asked the Court of Appeal to overturn the decision of Supreme Court Justice Desmond Fagan made on Friday night.
Justice Fagan found the document Mr Bassi filed with police last week was ‘entirely different’ to an amended notice filed on Thursday increasing numbers from 50 to 5000.
He refused to approve the public assembly, citing the current coronavirus restrictions on mass gatherings.
‘Our respectful submission is that the court will now correct that error and the declaration will be made that it was an authorised public assembly,’ barrister Stephen Lawrence said.
The crowd clapped and yelled ‘I can’t breathe’ – the latter among the last words of US man George Floyd, before being lead in chants of ‘whose lives matter?’, ‘black lives matter’
The appeal was heard from 2pm after organiser Raul Bassi asked the Court of Appeal to overturn the decision of Supreme Court Justice Desmond Fagan made on Friday night