Queensland's Police Commissioner defends the state's police force as being 'in no way racist,' following anti-police sentiment sparked by the death of an Indigenous woman, who died in police custody last week.
Queensland's Police Commissioner has defended the state's force as being "in no way racist," following a wave of anti-police sentiment sparked by the death of an Indigenous woman in custody last week.
The protest was organised in response to the death of 49-year-old Aunty Sherry Tilberoo, an Indigenous woman who was foundShe had been held in the watch house for several days on drug and theft charges and was awaiting transfer to a correctional centre.
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