BREAKING: Crowds are gathering outside Surry Hills Police Station following the violent arrest of well-known Sydney activist Danny Lim. Mr Lim remains in hospital with bleeding on the brain. LaurenTomasi 9News MORE:
, was left bloodied after police tried to arrest him when he "failed to comply with a move on order" from the Queen Victoria Building today.
Confronting footage taken by a bystander shows a limp Lim laying on the floor as the officers handcuff him and sit him up. Police said Lim had failed to comply when he was asked to leave the building by security, and then officers. "As inquiries into the incident continue, an independent review has been launched, which will examine the actions of police during the incident."Danny Lim arrest video posted by his lawyer Chris Murphy ."I could be dead when they threw me down like that," he toldMurphy said a neurosurgeon would assess Lim regarding the brain bleeding on Wednesday.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Serial protester Danny Lim in hospital after ‘discontinued’ arrest in Sydney CBD78-year-old left bloodied after police sought to take him into custody at the Queen Victoria Building
Read more »
Danny Lim: NSW police to internally investigate arrest that left Sydney personality with brain bleedGreens write to police minister Paul Toole to demand an independent investigation into QVB arrest that left Lim in hospital
Read more »
Staff 'in tears' as Sydney protester hospitalised after cop confrontationAn independent review will examine the actions of police during the arrest of elderly protester, Danny Lim, who was hospitalised after a confrontation in a Sydney shopping centre. 9News
Read more »
Staff 'in tears' as Sydney protester hospitalised after cop confrontationAn independent review will examine the actions of police during the arrest of elderly protester, Danny Lim, who was hospitalised after a confrontation in a Sydney shopping centre. 9News
Read more »
Street personality Danny Lim in hospital after attempted arrest at QVBFootage showed the well-known street figure bleeding on the floor of the QVB after being forced to the ground by NSW Police officers.
Read more »
GoFundMe for Sydney activist Danny Lim reaches target after police arrest left him in 'a poor state'Danny Lim, a well-known elderly demonstrator in Sydney, has been treated in hospital after being arrested by NSW police. Footage shows the 78-year-old Asian man going headfirst into tiled floors while police were arresting him in the city. Read more:
Read more »