Protest against DPP over Ward case

Boorloo/Perth
July 2, 2010

Over 100 people protested outside the office of the director of public prosecutions after the DPP announced that they would not lay ANY charges in the case of the Warburton elder killed in the back of a prison van in January 2008. The protest took place Fri 2 July 2010 and was a prelude to the major public rally on Sun 11 July 2010. People speaking in this video include: Alex Bainbridge (Socialist Alliance candidate for Perth), Marianne Mackay (Deaths in Custody and Ecological Social Justice Aboriginal Party candidate for Brand) and Noongar elder Uncle Ben.

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