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Thread #168020 Message #4102891
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
21-Apr-21 - 05:47 AM
Thread Name: BS: Black Lives Matter - change on the way?
Subject: RE: BS: Black Lives Matter - change on the way?
Meanwhile in Australia a (right wing) state Police Minister tells a TV show “We don’t have a race problem here in Australia” when there are stories about (Australian) Black Deaths in Custody all over the news & they have been there for decades.
30 years ago a Royal Commission concerning 99 Black Deaths in Custody made recommendations, most of these have not been acted on. Families, politicians say not enough has changed 30 years on 450 more people have died in custody across Australia since. Indigenous Australians are about 3% of the population & make up about 27% of prison populations. Many deaths come about because the prisoner didn't get medical help in time or at all.
Said Police Minister was objecting to "left-wing teachers out there acting racist themselves by saying white lives don’t matter" read on