Peter Lalor was among those attacked by police at the protest against the visit by Israel President Issac Herzog. "We were assaulted on the streets of our town by police itching for a fight," writes the senior journalist.
...On Monday night, I met another woman who was knocked to the ground for the first time while trying to give assistance to others pepper sprayed, punched, kicked and then assaulted a second time before she left.
On Thursday I was contacted by a man who witnessed the police assault of the young woman who was having a fit on the ground, he said:
“I was at the protest standing next to the girl who suffered the seizure.
“I was up against a bin so couldn’t move back. There were people rushing past me. To my right I saw a young woman starting to convulse. She then collapsed from her seizure.
“The next thing I saw was police coming toward us. I yelled ‘stop stop, she’s having a seizure, she needs help’. The next thing I know is I am maced in the face. I had crouched onto the ground to protect myself.
