ACT police accused of ‘racial profiling’ for allegedly pulling guns on Indigenous teenager after mistaking him for suspect
by Henry Belot from World news | The Guardian on (#71KKR)
Family of 17-year-old travelling on bus that was stopped by police say officers searched boy even after admitting mistake
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Police in Canberra allegedly pulled their guns on a 17-year-old Indigenous boy who they mistook for a suspect in an aggravated burglary, prompting accusations of institutional racism" and racial profiling".
The boy's family allege he was travelling on a bus on when it was stopped by police officers looking for a suspect accused of robbing a shop with a knife.
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