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Pressure is mounting on the police force after an officer was charged with assaulting an ex-Greens candidate at a pro-Gaza protest that quickly turned violent.

“It took the police two days to charge me, but 73 days later, the male police officer who punched me in the head with enough force to rip open my right eyeball has not been charged, and to the best of my knowledge, he remains in uniform prowling the streets…

State Greens member Sue Higginson had complained to police watchdog alleging extraordinary powers applied ‘unlawfully or retrospectively’ against Thomas

With five people charged, and one person seriously injured, questions linger around the police's response and “draconian" protest laws in NSW.

After Hannah Thomas sustained a brutal injury during an arrest at a pro-Palestine protest, NSW Police have declared it critical incident.

Critical incident investigation declared into arrest of former Greens candidate who says she could lose sight in right eye

"I’m five foot one. I weigh about 45 kilos. I was engaged in peaceful protest, and my interactions with NSW Police have left me potentially without vision in my right eye, permanently."

Police numbers in NSW are at dangerously low levels, according to a senior officer's internal message to his boss.

Neighbour worried about 85-year-old asked NSW police to check on him at 5.45pm but officers didn’t enter Bankstown home until midday next day