ACT POLICE ACCUSED OF ‘RACIAL PROFILING’ FOR ALLEGEDLY PULLING GUNS ON INDIGENOUS TEENAGER AFTER MISTAKING HIM FOR SUSPECT
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✍️ Police in Canberra allegedly pulled their guns on a 17-year-old Indigenous boy who they mistook for a suspect in an aggravated burglary, prompting accusations of institutional racism and racial profiling.
👉 Police allegedly pulled their guns on a 17-year-old Indigenous boy who they mistook for a suspect in an aggravated burglary. 👉 The boy was dragged off a bus, slammed to the ground, and had his back kneed by multiple officers. 👉 The officers only compared a photo of the suspect with the boy after he was arrested. 👉 The incident has been condemned by the boy's family and Indigenous community groups as an example of institutional racism and racial profiling.
-- #ScottLee #KayleneMcLeod #ThomasEmerson #MarisaPaterson #Canberra #WestfieldinWoden #politics
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