Overview

• A team from Campbelltown City Police Area Command will lead the investigation with review by the Professional Standards Command and oversight from the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.
• Thomas faces charges of hindering or resisting a police officer and failing to comply with a move-on direction and is due at Bankstown Local Court on August 12.
• Police reversed their initial stance and declared a Level 2 critical incident after receiving medical records showing serious eye trauma.
• Lawyers from O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors are assessing the viability of civil claims against NSW Police over alleged excessive use of force.
• Greens MPs have renewed calls to repeal February’s expanded protest laws, which they say empowered aggressive policing at demonstrations.