The organiser of a Black Lives Matter protest has been dragged into a police car at an illegal rally in Sydney.
Paddy Gibson was arrested at the Domain, in the city's CBD, by NSW Police along with a number of other protesters.
"Leave now, don't come near me, don't come near me," Mr Gibson shouted at the small crowd as he was removed by police.
"Tell the people to cancel the rally, leave the Domain, don't come near me."
Yesterday, the NSW Supreme Court dismissed Mr Gibson's appeal to hold the march.
Despite this, he, along with other organisers, said it would go ahead anyway.
"You are in breach of the public health order by congregating in the Domain in a group of more than 20 people," police said over a loudspeaker before the arrests.
"If you do not immediately disperse from the Domain you will be detained, and legal action will be taken.
"You must immediately leave the Domain, you are breaching the Public Health Order."
The organisers posted to Facebook, telling people not to come to the Domain.
"Hi all, organisers have been arrested and fined and a move-on order has been issued for the entire area - We recommend that anyone who was on their way to the Domain does not come anymore," the post read.
"We will be back."
It is unclear exactly how many arrests were made.
At the weekend, the NSW Supreme Court ruled the protest illegal and the demonstration was described by the state government as: "the most dangerous act that anybody could do during a pandemic".
The protest has been organised by the family of Aboriginal man David Dungay Junior, who died in Long Bay Jail in December 2015.
NSW Police Minister David Elliot threatened anyone who attended the rally could be fined.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a planned rally was quite simply "breaking the law".
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