National Justice Project // Donate so Aboriginal communities can expose police harassment

31.10.17

Donate so Aboriginal communities can expose police harassment. | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising - Right now Aboriginal people in Australia are being harassed by police. Aggressively stopped, searched, cuffed and manhandled - too often for no good reason. When this is caught on camera, communities are able to stand up and fight back in court rooms. Communities want us to bring legal training and media so they can share their stories. Chip in - together we can make this urgent project possible. This is a gift most needed. Figures show the unacceptable Aboriginal prison rates are due to to over-policing and harrassment. We’ve seen horrific footage of Aboriginal people dying in police custody. We've seen the torture of Aboriginal kids at Don Dale which led to a Royal Commission. But more is happening on the streets and in communities across the country that is not being exposed. We need to make sure it is exposed. The National Justice Project can get pro bono lawyers and creatives to communities to train them in the skills they need safely capture injustice on video. Together, we can make this possible - Please donate. Just last month a young man in Cairns, who was simply sitting down with his mate was cuffed, searched, man-handled and humiliated by police – he suspects that it was his Aboriginality which made him a target- a video of the incident reached 500 thousand people on social media. Imagine if more Aboriginal communities would share daily police stories through the power of video? Accountability benefits the entire community, including police. Our team is working pro bono, however with more oney we can reach more communities. Will you donate to help send human rights lawyers and media professionals to Aboriginal communities? We've all seen how video footage in the USA has turned the killing of innocent black people into a national story. We want to make sure that footage here in Australia is recorded so that police brutality can be exposed. With your support the National Justice Project and Aborginal lawyers and media pros, training and equipment will be provided to communities for evidence gathering and advocacy. Communities need to know what their legal rights are and how to share their stories. If police know that they are being filmed, they are more likely to behave appropriately. As Darumbul woman and journalist Amy McQuire says "it's important that we begin to document all the interactions with police... we can use this as evidence in court....media talk about being a voice for the voiceless but Aboriginal people want to be our own voice" And Shaun Harris the uncle of Ms Dhu " People need to see what this racial profiling looks like on camera - i bet if you saw it on camera - you would feel sick. This racism is making Aboriginal people sick and it's killing them in custody and reducing their life spent with loved ones. " Will you help chip in a few dollars right now to send pro bono lawyers and creative professionals to empower communities in their call for change? via // skibble's art blog