Man charged after allegedly drawing swastikas and assaulting police officer
The man allegedly drew swastikas on footpaths, fences and car spaces near a unit block on Derby Street in Penrith before police were called to the scene at 3pm yesterday.
The 51-year-old was arrested from inside the unit block and was taken to Penrith Police Station.
Police allege the man tried to assault an officer multiple times at Penrith Police Station before he was restrained. (google)
Police allege the man tried to assault an officer multiple times at the station before he was restrained.
He was charged with knowingly displaying a Nazi symbol assaulting a police officer.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Singing Nazi anthem, doing the salute': student faces antisemitism
A 14-year-old Melbourne high school student says she has been driven from the public education system after being taunted with Nazi salutes and swastikas by classmates at two different schools. Neta Cameron, whose family members were victims of the Holocaust, said she experienced antisemitic bullying at Rowville Secondary College and Alkira Secondary College in Cranbourne, with mixed responses from school authorities. The teenager said the bullying at Rowville – where she had moved in year 7, drawn by the school's acting lessons – made her feel 'isolated and ashamed' with daily 'Heil Hitlers', 'sometimes directed towards me and sometimes not'. 'I would hear kids joke about Hitler, the gas chambers and the Holocaust,' she said. Loading 'There were swastikas carved and drawn all over the tables and even on walls.' She questioned whether the students knew what the Holocaust was. 'In year 8, I had a scrunched-up piece of paper thrown to me. When I opened it, it had swastikas all over the page.' Neta said the abuse increased after Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and antisemitism became normalised to the extent that she 'couldn't count' the number of children making inappropriate remarks.
The Age
a day ago
- The Age
‘Singing Nazi anthem, doing the salute': student faces antisemitism
A 14-year-old Melbourne high school student says she has been driven from the public education system after being taunted with Nazi salutes and swastikas by classmates at two different schools. Neta Cameron, whose family members were victims of the Holocaust, said she experienced antisemitic bullying at Rowville Secondary College and Alkira Secondary College in Cranbourne, with mixed responses from school authorities. The teenager said the bullying at Rowville – where she had moved in year 7, drawn by the school's acting lessons – made her feel 'isolated and ashamed' with daily 'Heil Hitlers', 'sometimes directed towards me and sometimes not'. 'I would hear kids joke about Hitler, the gas chambers and the Holocaust,' she said. Loading 'There were swastikas carved and drawn all over the tables and even on walls.' She questioned whether the students knew what the Holocaust was. 'In year 8, I had a scrunched-up piece of paper thrown to me. When I opened it, it had swastikas all over the page.' Neta said the abuse increased after Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and antisemitism became normalised to the extent that she 'couldn't count' the number of children making inappropriate remarks.
The Age
2 days ago
- The Age
‘A gift for our opponents': Liberal boss calls for unity to stem electoral bleeding
Victorian Liberal president Philip Davis has called on party members to end 'persistent' internal dramas and accused those mounting a court challenge to the loan to former leader John Pesutto of diverting resources in a 'gift' to Labor. In a memo on Monday afternoon, Davis also sensationally called on members of the administrative committee to resign if they showed contempt for its democratic decisions and breached its code of conduct. 'To succeed we must win the confidence of the people of Victoria. To win we must bring an end to the persistent internal disputation and arguments which are so often reported in the media, creating the public perception of disunity,' Davis wrote in the message to members. The Federal Court in December found that Pesutto repeatedly falsely implied MP Moira Deeming was a Nazi sympathiser in 2023, ordering him to pay damages plus $2.3 million of her legal costs. The 19-member administrative committee in June voted to lend Pesutto $1.55 million, via its investment company, Vapold, to ensure he could cover Deeming's legal costs. The decision spared him bankruptcy and a byelection in his marginal seat of Hawthorn, and neutered the risk of other MPs and former premiers who donated to his defence being chased for costs. The loan was set at a commercial variable interest rate. But five members of the committee – Colleen Harkin, Erin Hunt, Anthony Schneider, Ian Pugh and Marcus Li – are challenging the validity of the loan in the Supreme Court, arguing it would constitute a 'benefit' in breach of the party's constitution. Davis described the proceeding as 'a gift for our political opponents' and diverting party resources.
