Essay About Senior Sgt Hurleys Video Statement And Chris Hurley

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street ended up dead in a police cell later.
The case was not treated as a homicide – death in police custody
Indigenous felt they were treated differently compared to the people in the white town.
There was no shouting, just movement to the police station
“They are going to kill the first white people they see”
“Weve got nowhere to run” – they are the faces of the system.
They were making phone calls to their love ones. Thinking that they werent going to make it out alive.
“scare the shit out of these cunts”
“All crap. All bullshit”
there were 17 people arrested for being in the riot.
It was payback for burning down the station. “Coppa payback”
Chris hurley had a commitment tried to make a difference to the community.
Police have a lot of power in isolated areas.
“says something that he became friends fast with him”
“Im a racist and I need to change.” – unwanting and unworthy, personal battle. System of oppressions, changing people.
“very well liked”
“hes a bit of a comical man”
catalyst incident – people in the community came together they can make a change in the world.
Sometimes in injustice you just want to be heard and have your story told
3 months after death: First inquest
You are going into a parallel universe. – one hard to not be completely overwhelmed.
there was still a sense of hope in the gymnasium that something was going to happen. There is a trust/ faith in the legal system.
Injuries only equivalent to a high speed car or plane crash.
Senior Sgt Hurleys video statement recorded 20th November 2004
There was fall in the police station
Others described it as a slip
Roy Bramwell: no, he just brang him in. There was no slip.
Describes seeing his feet which was at the bottom of a filing cabinet