Overview

• Newly reviewed body-worn video and whistle-blower accounts show a NSW Police officer punched former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas during her June 27 arrest at a Belmore protest, causing a severe eye injury.
• Her legal team has lodged a civil claim against the state of NSW, demanding compensation for her injury and the withdrawal of all charges.
• Police withdrew a rarely used emergency anti-riot charge and replaced it with standard hindering and move-on offence allegations.
• Thomas is due to appear in Bankstown Local Court on August 12 as internal and external investigations continue.
• Doctors warn she may never regain full vision in her injured right eye after two surgeries.