“To say the least, I am shocked and heartbroken. I raised my son to be a caring and respectful boy and that’s exactly how he turned out. My beautiful sons death report states he was in a high speed chase with the police, but I know my son to be better than that. When my son left for the big city, he left a strong-minded but gentle boy. It seems that even the kindest people can be crushed by that horrid city and the monsters who live there” - Johnny’s mother Johnny was just a small town aboriginal boy from the south west who decided to move to the big city. He went with his close friend Billy. On his second day in Perth he was released that morning from the Metropolitan police station with no charges. However, he did leave with a dismantled arm and a black eye. The police stated he already had these injuries when they arrested
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Before Johnny stole the car and had a tragic death, he was imprisoned for 6 months. Accused of being involved in an armed robbery. What was not revealed to the public was that Johnny’s friend Billy told the police that Johnny had absolutely nothing to do with the hold-up. He was innocent yet both were still were put behind bars. I know that he would have been filled with anger once released, which is what led his decision to turn bad. Link. Dr Helen Szoke reports on Racism in Australia; “We know through research that Aboriginal people experience high-levels of racism. This is shown in the relation to their contact with the police. There are four times as many reports of police brutality and being pulled into custody under no charges, when comparing to a non-aboriginal Australian.” There is a clash of races when it comes to aboriginal and non-aboriginal people. It comes back to the well known history of European settlers on Aboriginal land and all further conflicts after that. From this, in todays society there is still this racial discrimination towards the indigenous
Before Johnny stole the car and had a tragic death, he was imprisoned for 6 months. Accused of being involved in an armed robbery. What was not revealed to the public was that Johnny’s friend Billy told the police that Johnny had absolutely nothing to do with the hold-up. He was innocent yet both were still were put behind bars. I know that he would have been filled with anger once released, which is what led his decision to turn bad. Link. Dr Helen Szoke reports on Racism in Australia; “We know through research that Aboriginal people experience high-levels of racism. This is shown in the relation to their contact with the police. There are four times as many reports of police brutality and being pulled into custody under no charges, when comparing to a non-aboriginal Australian.” There is a clash of races when it comes to aboriginal and non-aboriginal people. It comes back to the well known history of European settlers on Aboriginal land and all further conflicts after that. From this, in todays society there is still this racial discrimination towards the indigenous