Indigenous Australian Activists Show Support To George Floyd Protesters
As protests continue across the United States following the police killing of unarmed Black man George Floyd, many Indigenous Australians say there are similarities between the US and Australia when it comes to black people’s deaths at the hands of police.
Aboriginal man David Dungay Jr said “I can’t breathe” 12 times before he died while being held down by five prison guards in December 2015.
After seeing footage of the US protests over the past few days, the Dunghutti man’s family have said “more people are starting to realise the injustices against Black people and against First Nations people everywhere”.
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“I want to send a message of solidarity to everyone on the streets in the United States fighting for justice for George Floyd,” David’s nephew Paul Silva wrote in an online post. “I really feel for the family of George Floyd and want them to know we feel their pain and stand with them.
“When I saw the video of George Floyd being murdered, I had to stop the footage. It took me straight back to when I first saw the video of my uncle’s death.”
Later in the post he addressed the injustices Black people and First Nations people in countries other than the US often face.
“The masses of people on the streets in the United States calling for justice is amazing. That is the only force that can hold the police...
