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Angry protesters gathered after Rayshard Brooks was fatally shot by a police officer outside the fast-food restaurant Friday. The officer was fired late Saturday.
Roughly 150 protesters marched to protest the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks by a white police officer.
A second video surfaced that shows what appears to be the same woman lashing out against a different person of colour.
"I have heard many heart-wrenching stories of young people threatened or inappropriately treated by police. Only last week it happened to someone in my own family."
Floyd's death touched off international protests and drew new attention to the treatment of Black people by police.
The former foreign minister weighs in on Black Lives Matter while reflecting on family history of fighting the slave trade.
Police brutality and systemic racism are not new to First Nations - by listening and confronting our own privilege we can become better allies to Black and Blak people here in Australia.
"Every single one of us thought he was going to die, either of a heart attack or they would do something to him."
Gladys Berejiklian Responds To NSW Cop Kicking Indigenous Teenager: ‘We Still Have A Long Way To Go’
'What happened in the US is a good wake-up call for all of us.'
The protest occurred as Australian police faced questions about footage of a white police officer using force with an Aboriginal teenager.