In hospital with a subdural haematoma after being forcibly detained by police is a well-known Australian who walked the streets of Sydney while carrying placards promoting the significance of love and happiness.
Online video saw Danny Lim, 77, being detained by two cops at the Queen Victoria Building in the city’s central business district shortly before 11 a.m. on Tuesday.
As the cops place his hands behind his back and fling him to the ground, the Malaysian-born provocateur can be heard yelling for assistance.
Criminal defense attorney Chris Murphy, who released the video on Twitter, also provided a photo of an injured Mr. Lim and stated that he was in critical condition with a black eye and subdural haematoma.
In a statement, NSW Police stated that an investigation has been opened into the event.
They said that security guards summoned them to the scene after Mr. Lim reportedly refused to leave the building when requested.
Tuesday’s YouTube video depicts the arrest of Danny Lim by two police officers
Chris Murphy, a criminal defense attorney who published the video on Twitter, said Mr. Lim was in critical condition with a black eye and subdural haematoma.
The statement read, “An independent investigation will investigate the conduct of police following the arrest of a 78-year-old man in Sydney’s central business district earlier today.”
“Shortly before 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, police from the Sydney City Police Area Command were sent to a retail center on George Street, Sydney, after a guy refused to leave when requested.
“Police will argue that authorities later gave the guy a direction to move on, but he disobeyed.”
The man’s arrest was canceled after he fought with cops and had a cheekbone damage. He was treated by NSW Ambulance personnel at the site before being transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital.
“As the investigation into the event continues, an independent assessment has been initiated to investigate the police’s actions throughout the incident.
Lawyer Murphy criticized the arrest of the ‘innocent guy’ as ‘heavy-handed,’ and many of Mr. Lim’s supporters agreed.
“Absolutely absurd,” observed one guy.
“More appalling is the public’s complete lack of attention or concern as they pass by [the incident].” Head/face first impact on a tiled concrete floor is inexcusable.
Mr. Lim (shown with his chihuahua-Pomeranian mix Smarty) is a Sydney legend, renowned for wearing placards imploring others to be polite and joyful while wandering about the city.
Another remarked, “This is dreadful.” Shameful.’
Someone else added, “This is f***ing awful and oppressive.”
Mr. Lim is well-known for parading about Sydney with his beloved chihuahua-Pomeranian Smarty while wearing a sandwich board bearing social and political statements.
This is not the first time that the elderly campaigner has been featured in a viral video with police.
Mr. Lim was videotaped being detained in January 2019 while brandishing a placard that stated “SMILE CVN’T! WHY CVN NOT?’
Hundreds of his fans gathered to the NSW police Sydney command headquarters on Day Street in the city days after his arrest to stage a large demonstration in his support.
Mr. Lim, who was left bleeding and injured as a result of the event, was fined $500, but he brought the case to court, where a judge determined that while the phrase “cvnt” was impolite, it was not obscene.
In overturning the punishment, magistrate Jacqueline Milledge, who was quite critical of the behavior of the arresting police, stated that the legislation was concerned with what would offend the “hypothetical reasonable person.”
Pictured is the January 2019 arrest of Mr. Lim in Barangaroo by police officials.
August 2019: “It’s not someone with a weak skin who is quickly offended,” she remarked at Downing Centre Local Court.
It is someone who can endure some of life’s hardships. Although provocative and cheeky, the placard is not objectionable.
Ms. Milledge stated that she disliked signage and advertisements that used the c-word or f-word.
She observed the ‘majority view’ of the public at the time of Mr. Lim’s detention and stated that he did not intend any damage and was neither hurtful nor insulting.
Mr. Lim told Daily Mail Australia he could not believe he was arrested days after the event occurred three years ago.
“It greatly astonished me,” he remarked.
“It should never have occurred.”
Why popular sandwich board activist Danny Lim, 74, returned to the streets of Sydney advocating for ‘unconditional love’ days after his brutal arrest provoked outrage: “A lot of people hugged me.”
By Stephen Johnson for Australian Daily Mail
Danny Lim and his dog returned to the location where he was forcibly arrested by three police officers four days prior.
Tuesday morning, the 74-year-old provocateur with his 16-year-old chihuahua-Pomeranian mix Smarty appeared at Barangaroo in the city, this time wearing a different sign.
‘Unconditional love. It stated, “Be nice to animals, our silent children.”
Mr. Lim said to the Daily Mail Australia that his dog Smarty, who accompanied him to the police demonstration, was a companion animal.
The former Strathfield councillor told the Daily Mail Australia that during the two hours he spent at the bottom of the escalators, where three police officers had arrested him on Friday, he was greeted by passersby with hugs of support.
“Many people come up to me and give me hugs and thank me,” he said.
Mr. Lim, who moved to Australia from Malaysia in 1963, stated that he wanted to ‘prove I’m okay’ by appearing at Barangaroo for two hours beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday.
The father of two daughters was however shocked by his arrest on Friday morning, which occurred after police asked him to move on while he held a sign containing profanity.
Mr. Lim has threatened legal action against the New South Wales Police Force, but he stated that he was not angry with law enforcement officers for arresting him and seizing his dog.
I do not fault the police. They are performing admirably,’ he said, declining to answer questions about potential legal action.
A photograph of Mr. Lim standing in the exact location where he was forcibly arrested by three police officers on Friday was posted to the private Facebook group Irish Around Sydney.
“He is back.” Aimee Muschamp wrote on social media, “Yessss!!!
His arrest prompted a large protest outside the Sydney police command centre on Day Street on Sunday.