Inquest into death of Aboriginal man Stanley Russell shown disturbing footage of moment he was shot by police
by Lorena Allam Indigenous affairs editor from World news | The Guardian on (#661YE)
Graphic footage showed police shooting Russell at least five times in a house in Sydney's west in November 2021
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A New South Wales court has seen graphic footage of police shooting an Aboriginal man at least five times in the obstructed tunnel" of a narrow hallway of a house in Sydney's west, during an attempted arrest in November 2021.
Gomeroi man Stanley Russell, 45, was shot dead by police in his aunt's home in western Sydney on 9 November 2021, after they had come to arrest him on an outstanding warrant.
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