NSW Police have defended using pepper spray on a group of protesters after yesterday's Black Lives Matter march in Sydney.
Other materials uploaded online show police clashing with protesters inside the station and pepper spray being fired. Five people were treated at the scene after being sprayed.
"I support the use of the capsicum spray and the way the police responded in order to ensure that there was no further violence," Mr Lanyon said.The 21-year-old Mt Druitt man was charged with offensive behaviour and resisting police.READ MOREIn a separate incident, officers tasered a 23-year-old man at Town Hall railway station after he scuffled with a 15-year-old boy and allegedly became aggressive towards police on Saturday afternoon.
They defied warnings from Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Australia's chief medical officer not to protest due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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