An aged serial protester has been hospitalised with facial accidents after a confrontation with police in a Sydney procuring centre.
Danny Lim, who's extensively recognised in Sydney for his sandwich-board indicators, was left bloodied after police tried to arrest him when he "didn't adjust to a transfer on order" from the Queen Victoria Constructing at this time.
The 78-year-old yelled "let me go" as the 2 officers grabbed his arms and subsequently tripped him, inflicting Lim to fall head-first onto the tiled ground.
Confronting footage taken by a bystander exhibits a limp Lim laying on the ground because the officers handcuff him and sit him up.
Police mentioned Lim had didn't comply when he was requested to depart the constructing by safety, after which officers.
"The person's arrest was discontinued after he struggled with police and sustained an damage to his cheekbone," NSW Police mentioned in a press release.
Lim was handled on the scene after which taken to St Vincent's Hospital by paramedics.
Lim has claimed police "smashed me on the concrete ground".
"I could possibly be useless once they threw me down like that," he informed The Guardian from hospital.
Police are investigating and can overview physique cameras worn by the officers concerned.
Lim was arrested in 2019 for sporting an indication sandwich board signal that mentioned "SMILE CVN'T! WHY CVN'T?".
He gained the battle in court docket, permitting him to put on the trademarked indicators.
Lim beforehand mentioned after being fined for the same signal focusing on Tony Abbott in 2015, the time period turned his trademark.
In August 2019, Justice of the Peace Jacqueline Milledge dominated in his favour saying "the police motion was heavy-handed and pointless".