Good morning,
The big story this week has been the climate catastrophe presenting in various ways: from the devastating Nepal-Tibet flash floods, the UN reporting 1.5C warming will be exceeded, and, in what might seem like smaller but still related news, Australian ski resorts have closed because there’s no damn snow.
Oh, and then there's the furor around “the feminisation of schools” AKA teaching boys consent.
Between all that hooting and hollering, you might have missed some stories that we think should be on your radar. So, without further ado…
‘I didn’t go looking for trouble’: Protester sues NSW after allegedly being punched by police at Herzog rally, The Guardian
Palestinian Australian man Eyad Shadid has launched a civil case in the NSW District Court after he was allegedly punched in the face when trying to help Muslim men who were attacked by police while praying in Sydney’s Town Hall during the anti-Herzog protest in February.
Shadid says he was looking for his mum at the protest when he found himself caught between a group of men praying and the advancing cops. He says he told officers, “Stop, they are praying” before he was allegedly dragged to the ground, punched in the face and had his wrist twisted. The documents also allege the officer — Constable Daniel Stewart — knelt on Shadid’s head before he was arrested, taken into custody, and charged. The charges were later dropped.
