Video – Playing into the hands of protestors…

Debris lands in street as protestors watch.

Residents in St Peters, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, had gathered to protest against the $17bn+ WestCONnex tollway project during which homes forcibly acquired by the government were being demolished.

This video captures the moment when contractors took the roof off a home and sent bricks flying out onto power lines and the road; and knocked the water main open on the corner.

Residents had been asking about the poor dust control measures moments before this happened