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Alex Mitchell

Legal action in play after protester 'punched' in eye

Laywers for a one-time federal election candidate Hannah Thomas are preparing legal action. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Lawyers for a one-time Greens candidate who suffered a serious eye injury while being arrested at an anti-Israel protest say they are ready to sue the state of NSW.

Hannah Thomas was allegedly punched in the face by a male NSW Police officer in an act of "gratuitous police brutality and excessive use of force", her lawyer Peter O'Brien says.

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