The Indigenous family fighting back against a legacy of police brutality

Thirra was six when he was taken from his family and 18 when a police van knocked him off his feet after a beating. Now he tells his story to Laura Murphy-Oates. After seeing footage of his son’s treatment at the hands of a New South Wales officer he speaks about the cycle of police brutality he’s spent his life trying to escape – and the despair he felt seeing his children treated the same way. Australia’s anguish: the Indigenous kids trapped behind bars ‘Enough is enough’: video of police slamming Indigenous boy face-first to ground rekindles father’s rage