Police use pepper spray at Sydney rally against Isaac Herzog visit with MP alleging officers threw punches
by Jordyn Beazley and Cait Kelly from World news | The Guardian on (#73E96)
Grace Tame and Lidia Thorpe address crowds in Sydney and Melbourne as NSW Labor backbencher says police reaction totally over-the-top'
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New South Wales police have pepper sprayed protesters at a Sydney rally opposing Israeli president Isaac Herzog's visit, with a state Labor MP claiming their actions were totally over-the-top" and a Greens MP alleging she was assaulted.
The brutal and chaotic scenes came after thousands gathered lawfully near Sydney's Town Hall on Monday evening, before attempting to march to state parliement in defiance of a NSW law passed in the wake of the Bondi antisemitic terror attack that effectively bans protesters from marching in designated areas.
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