This is for all the children, now, and those to be............On Sunday 13th February, a Community gathering will be held to enable all people to remember the death of one of our young Community members, 'TJ' Hickey.
The gathering will be at the site of the fence where he was impaled arising from a police pursuit.
The gathering will start at 10.30am at the fence site behind the Taurunga building in Phillip Street, Waterloo Letters of support will be read and a two minute silence will also occur.
During the gathering a Petition will be available to be signed to demand a new Coronial Inquest. The call is based on Community demands following the abject failure of the police/white legal system to act in a fair and just manner.
This Petition is also demanding:
*a new Coronial Inquest following the evidence given by the two Police Community Liason officers during the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Inquiry, and
*The Coroner's decision to allow (then) Constable Michael Hollingsworth to not have to give evidence on a legally false double-jeopardy argument.
Both of the above points, we believe, have solid legal arguments to support them in a Court of Law. If we get a proper and unbiased hearing, of course.
The Petitions will be given to the NSW Attorney-General, Bob Debus, who has agreed to accept the handover, on the 15 February, being the FIRST ANNIVERSARY, of an event that will never be forgotten by the entire Community, and one that has brought us together.
Following the gathering there will be a further minutes silence held at one of Australia's oldest police station, Redfern, to remember all those, black and white, that have died arising from police operations.
Also those who have died in the penal systems of this country. Adult and juvenile, male and female. All those Deaths-in-Custody due to negligence or an absolute failure of Duty of Care by the NSW, so-called, Justice and Legal Systems.
Since 1980, there has been over 400 Indigenous Deaths. There are in excess of 400 Families still grieving, still in 'Sorry Business.' Those 400+ Families still ask the unanswered questions.
Photo: TJ's Mother Mrs Gail Hickey
Contact Ray Jackson on (02) 9318 0947 or 0418 436 572 for further comment.
Our stories must be TOLD, THEY MUST BE.
This is for the children, now and those to be.........
Lets look at where divide and conquer starts they want let anything to be free that includes the Land, the trees, the waterways, mountains, etc and the animals, birds, fish, reptiles, mammals, etc, we need then to SURVIVE.
White is like a piece of paper, you are not white you are need, red when you laugh, red when you are hot and red when we burn. But you can also go purple from the cold, blue when your sick, and green with envy. This is the first division. You are not white you are RED. The Yellow have always been Yellow they stand as one mob.
Aboriginals have always been BLACK.
The Land before INVASION was always Black
But as you can see, we are all red, yellow and black. The colour's of the Land. We need to now, walk as one, behind one flag as ONE, but bring your own cultures, if we don't this Land which is OURS will belong to BOB and JOHN. We hunt with blunt spears, and broken boomerangs which fly while Nuclear weapons are pointed at us.
This Land belongs to us not the police, not the government but us.
We need to walk as one community, one voice, one peaceful mob.
It all depends on how you see you, but remember.
WE ALL BLEED RED BLOOD
(Indigenous Social Justice Association, Inc.)
By ISJA posted 11 February 05
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