#StopBlackDeathsInCustody protest Gadigal starts with Welcome to Country by Aunty Rhonda Dixon- Grovenor, Darug/ Yuin elder

Leetona Dungay, mother of David Dungay Jr, Dunghutti man, now speaks. She reflects on her son, killed by corrective officers with no accountability

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Speeches continue. Earier we heard a poem from a young Aboriginal boy on the intergenerational impact of genocide (read by his aunt). Now two more poems by Brothers Beyond Bars, about their experiences of incarceration.

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The march starts now from Town Hall to Djarrbarrgalli (The Domain)

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#StopBlackDeathsInCustody protest still going strong. Hundreds of people still marching. #Sydney

#StopBlackDeathsInCustody protest has reached the final spot, ending with more speeches at Djarrbarrgalli (The Domain #Sydney)

Paul Silva, David Dungay Jr's nephew, is speaking about how recommendations from his uncle's case have never been actioned. See https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-01/david-dungays-family-traumatised-by-death-of-george-floyd/12307414

Statement from Nathan Reynolds' family. He died in prison in 2018, and was denied healthcare for his chronic asthma. The nurse who attended him gave him a drug for an overdose, presuming he was a drug user. #StopBlackDeathsinCustody Read more https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-11/nathan-reynolds-inquest-finds-death-might-have-been-prevented/13237068 – bei The Domain

Tane Chatfield's father talks about his son's death. Hanging points are still present in correctional facilities in Tamworth, despite a coronial recommendation to remove them after his death in 2017. As a result, more deaths since #StopBlackDeathsInCustody https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/09/nsw-had-two-indigenous-deaths-in-custody-last-week-parliament-told

"Our kids are not born to die in jail." Tane Chatfield's grandmother says police brutality must stop. She talks about the physical toll of carrying the burden of keeping her children and grandkids safe from police

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Eddie Murray's niece talks about the injustice of his death. Arrested for being intoxicated, police say he died by hanging, but his family and other evidence say the circumstances were suspicious. #StopBlackDeathsInCustody

Read about the case https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/suspicious-circumstances-detained-eddie-murray-was-not-in-a-state-to-hang-himself/