Let's Take Over: February 2010

Sound and pictures: Black Deaths in Custody Rally

This article has a recording of the rally held today at Police Headquarters, Roma St, Brisbane City. There are also photos of the rally.

To listen to the recording of the rally, click on the link and press "play" on the audio player at the Let's Take Over Posterous blog.

There will be another community rally to discuss what to do about police violence against Aboriginal people this Saturday, at 11am outside Parliament House. There's also a forum about Indigenous people and Queensland's legal system at All Hallows School in Fortitude Valley at 3pm on Sunday.

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Interview with Sam Watson re tomorrow's rally against black deaths in custody

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I spoke to Sam Watson yesterday about tomorrow's rally against black deaths in custody. The rally will be held at 1pm on Monday February 8th outside Queensland police headquarters at 200 Roma St, Brisbane City - for public transport details click here.

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Rally against black deaths in custody - Mon Feb 8 2010, Roma St, Outside police HQ

There's a rally on Monday February 8th 2010 to protest black deaths in custody. It's at 1pm outside the Queensland Police HQ at 200 Roma St in town - click here for a Google Map.

The rally will call for an end to bashings and deaths of black deaths in custody, and for justice for black prisoners who have already been killed in custody. Rally organisers state that no Queensland police officer has ever been convicted of any Aboriginal death in custody, despite Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley changing his story before giving evidence into the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee in Palm Island in 2006.

The rally will also demand another Royal Commission into black deaths in custody.

The best way to get to the rally by public transport is to catch a train or a bus to the Roma St Transit Centre - the Google Map shows the Roma St transit centre and the police HQ. The Translink journey planner will help you find bus or train timetables.