Anonymous ID: c61e57 Sept. 10, 2020, 10:09 p.m. No.10600168   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Black Lives Matter rally in Brisbane over death of Aboriginal woman erupts into chaos as police make arrests

 

A Black Lives Matter protest over the death of an Aboriginal woman in custody has erupted into chaos in Brisbane.

 

What started as a peaceful rally outside the Brisbane Watchhouse this morning quickly descended into violence when protesters began putting red paint on their hands and defacing police cars and the watchhouse.

 

This prompted police to start making arrests, leading to scuffles between authorities and ralliers.

 

Protesters then swarmed police vans containing the arrested protesters, blocking their path to the watchhouse.

 

They could be heard yelling at officers to "get a real job" and "let them (the arrested protesters) go".

 

They had been blocking Roma Street, a major thoroughfare in Brisbane's CBD, and have defaced the Police Watchhouse and police cars with paint.

 

Specialist police negotiators have been brought in an attempt to diffuse the situation.

 

The rally follows the death of a 49-year-old Indigenous woman, who was found dead in her cell at the Brisbane Watchhouse early yesterday morning.

 

She had been in the watchhouse since Monday, after being remanded in custody for drug and property matters on Sunday, police said.

 

9News understands she had a prior medical condition which may have contributed to her death.

 

https://www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-blm-protest-over-aboriginal-death-in-custody-descends-in-chaos-arrests/dd100d6b-a562-4712-98aa-b330bf435077