Indigenous man claiming injury at hands of NSW police reaches confidential settlement

Brett Armstrong says he was seriously injured when a jujitsu-trained police officer threw him to the ground during a traffic stop

An Aboriginal man who says he was seriously injured when a jujitsu-trained police officer threw him to the ground has settled his lawsuit against the state of New South Wales.

Brett Armstrong was claiming damages for injuries including incomplete quadriplegia and lower limb spasticity with impaired balance and gait over the March 2016 Sydney incident.