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by no means is meant to take away or over shadow the tragedies going on in America but i want to spread that this happens everywhere and itโs good to be educated and whatโs going on in your own country
by no means is meant to take away or over shadow the tragedies going on in America but i want to spread that this happens everywhere and itโs good to be educated and whatโs going on in your own country
below are quotes from various articles that will be linked https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/world/australia/aboriginal-police-abuse.amp.html
โPERTH, Australia โ a black prisoner screams โI canโt breatheโ 12 times as he is pinned down by a group of guards. In another, a police car swerves to run down a black teenager. As the young man has a seizure in the street, the officers handcuff him rather than offer first aid.โ
โโWe know the brutality,โ said Mervyn Eades, a relative of William Farmer, an 18-year-old member of the Nyoongar people, who was intentionally struck by a police car in Perth in May. โWe have been living and breathing it every day.โ
But if itโs not on camera it never happened, our boys and girls are โmaking it up,โโ he added. โIt is the legacy of the white manโs legal system, but vision, a picture โ itโs worth 1,000 words.โโ
The prison death of proud Indigenous man Jonathon Hogan is a bleak reminder of an ongoing and shameful Australian inequality, his heartbroken family says.
Mr Hogan died by suicide in February 2018 while incarcerated at the Junee prison in southern NSW.
Mr Hogan died by suicide in February 2018 while incarcerated at the Junee prison in southern NSW.
He was 23 andย had a history of drug abuse and mental health issues.
A coronerโs report, released last week, found he received โinadequateโ treatment for mental health issues in the months leading to his death.ย
More significantly, the report also raised the ugly spectre that is+
A coronerโs report, released last week, found he received โinadequateโ treatment for mental health issues in the months leading to his death.ย
More significantly, the report also raised the ugly spectre that is+
Australiaโs record of Indigenous deaths in custody.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are "shockingly" over-represented in Australia's prisons. Source: AAP
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are "shockingly" over-represented in Australia's prisons. Source: AAP
Mr Hogan's father Matt Hogan said his sonโs death is an urgently-needed wake up call.
โMy son Jonathon should not have died in Junee prison,โ he told SBS News.
โHe had serious mental health issues. The coroner agreed he did not get the care he needed. He is dead because of that.
โMy son Jonathon should not have died in Junee prison,โ he told SBS News.
โHe had serious mental health issues. The coroner agreed he did not get the care he needed. He is dead because of that.
โThe jails are full of young Aboriginal men. We have to make sure this never happens again.โ
and there are so many more these are just some i found by googling stay safe and educated!!
i used quotes from these articles linked in none of this is my words but i felt it was important to share and ik people myslef included tend to not always open and read articles. ily all
i used quotes from these articles linked in none of this is my words but i felt it was important to share and ik people myslef included tend to not always open and read articles. ily all
i will add more to this thread as i research and learn but if anyone has anything to add that would be amazing. stay safe everyone <3
