{"id":13805,"date":"2021-11-11T19:24:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T19:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13805"},"modified":"2021-11-11T19:24:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T19:24:14","slug":"police-violence-is-a-national-crisis-say-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/police-violence-is-a-national-crisis-say-greens\/","title":{"rendered":"Police violence is a national crisis, say Greens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gomeroi man, Stanley Russell, a father, was shot dead by NSW police. His brother, Eddie Russell, died in police custody in 1999. \u201cViolence against First Nations people is a national crisis and the Morrison Government is doing nothing about it,\u201d said Gunnai, Gunditjmara and DjabWurrung Senator for Victoria Lidia Thorpe.
\nGreens spokesperson for Justice and First Nations, Senator Lidia Thorpe said:<\/strong>
\n\u201cThis is colonial violence. This is the continuation of the genocidal project that started in 1788. Over 470 people have died since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and we\u2019re still waiting for true accountability. Is the system broken, or working according to its design?
\n\u201cThe police are supposed to protect people, not kill them. Why does being around the police have fatal consequences for First Nations people? My heart aches for this family. The police have a duty of care and that has been completely ignored for this family.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve had the solutions to end deaths in custody for over 30 years. The Morrison Government needs to work with the families of people who have died in police custody and implement all of the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. How many more of us need to die?
\n\u201cThe Greens have listened to the families and we are joining their call for a national ban on spit hoods and lethal choke holds, greater transparency in reporting deaths in custody and more funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and Family Violence Prevention Legal Services and their peak bodies.
\n\u201cAs a matter of national urgency, we\u2019re also calling for the full implementation of an independent prison oversight system under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT). Without independent monitoring of places of detention, more First Nations people will die in custody.
\n\u201cOPCAT is a critical instrument of international human rights law. It needs to be\u00a0culturally safe, properly resourced and nationally consistent. The Liberal party signed onto it in 2017, and since then have done the bare minimum and called it progress.
\n\u201cEveryone has the right to be treated fairly, no matter where they are. Humane treatment in police custody cannot be a game of chance. Every person in this country deserves to be treated with dignity and be free from torture. Always.\u201d Said Thorpe.
\nThe Office of Senator Thorpe has asked for permission from the family to speak on this, and use their names.
\nDavid Shoebridge, Greens NSW MP said:\u00a0<\/strong>
\n\u201cDeaths in custody are not an accident, they are the result of a criminal justice system that is designed to be dangerous, often lethal, for First Nations people.
\n\u201cRecurring deaths in custody send renewed waves of pain and hurt across communities. It never seems to have an end.\u201cThis is a national crisis that many political leaders refuse to recognise, because those that pay the cost are not the people they are in power to represent.
\n\u201cIndifference, platitudes and empty gestures from politicians allow these killings to continue, and it\u2019s well past time they were held to account for their inaction,\u201d Said Shoebridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gomeroi man, Stanley Russell, a father, was shot dead by NSW police. His brother, Eddie Russell, died in police custody in 1999. \u201cViolence against First Nations people is a national crisis and the Morrison Government is doing nothing about it,\u201d said Gunnai, Gunditjmara and DjabWurrung Senator for Victoria Lidia Thorpe. Greens spokesperson for Justice and … Continue reading “Police violence is a national crisis, say Greens”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}