A video showing a Queensland police officer repeatedly shoving a young Aboriginal mother in the chest has been viewed close to half a million times.
The footage was recorded on Saturday and shared on Facebook by National Indigenous Television journalist Danny Teece-Johnson.
“This is how #deathsincustody start,” Teece-Johnson said.
“We need to have a national discussion on how police engage with our mob. Is this an example of #violenceagainstwomen? You tell me?
“It is alleged by a witness that the #Boondallpolice in QLD did not have a legal search warrant to enter the premise and also arrested a minor. Thus questioning the legality of the arrests. The Police went to the house on a anonymous call from the public saying there was a domestic violence dispute. This turned out to be totally false and they we’re just having a sing & a dance like most Australians do on a Saturday night.”
Watch the footage here:
The footage shows Natasha King, 30, shouting “that’s my son” and trying to get close to the 16-year-old as he is arrested.
The same police officer pushes her back five times with increasing strength, telling her to “move back” and “sit down”.
As the teen is taken away, Ms King tries to follow police, before another officer yells at her to “sit down and shut up, sit down and do what you’re told”.
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After I posted this piece on my FB page . (Renee eaves social justice advocate) 've never received such back lash . Proof we have so much further to go
Another version, the policemen and policewomen with a family and children of their own doing their daily shift respond to a domestic violence incident where they do not know what to expect.
The four aggressive occupants who rushed Police and were eventually arrested and could have knives or guns clearly failed to comply with simple Police directions to back off many, many times. So the Police tried to maintain order and establish a safe distance to protect their own lives.