On March 14 2009, Veronica Baxter was denied bail from Surry Hills police station, and three days later died in custody. 15 years on activists gathered outside the same police station demanding justice.
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This situation raises concerns about the symbolic representation of the police uniform and begs the question: why do police continue to insert themselves into queer spaces?
We still live in a country where the police are given the benefit of the doubt despite decades of violence and brutalisation of queer and First Nations communities.
“The sheer number of strip searches indicates the law is not being applied as intended by NSW Parliament, which intended it to be a last resort.”
Last year I was fined for leafleting at a protest against the International Mining Resources Conference.
