Sydney protesters want to sue police over alleged brutality at the anti-Herzog rally, but it will be a struggle

An obscure section of a 2009 piece of legislation states ‘compensation is not payable’ when NSW officers are granted additional powers for ‘major events’Get our , or A 69-year-old woman who after a police officer allegedly pushed her down “violently” at a Sydney protest against Isaac Herzog is planning to sue the state of New South Wales for personal injury, her lawyer says.Lawyer Peter O’Brien says Jann Alhafny – who remains in hospital – is one of at least seven protesters from Monday’s demonstration against the Israeli president who have sought advice over alleged police brutality.