Justice for Walker: Warlpiri responses to the police shooting of Kumunjayi Walker
The police shooting of Kumunjayi Walker in Yuendumu in November 2019 instigated an immediate and determined response from Warlpiri families who were shocked and saddened by the death of a loved one in the prime of his life and enraged by this latest event in a long string of colonial injustices. Thi...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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2022
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The Australian journal of anthropology
Année: 2022, Volume: 33, Pages: 17-34 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Police violence
B ‘truth telling’ B Black Lives Matter (mouvement) B Warlpiri B Yuendumu B Settler Colonialism B Aboriginal deaths in custody B Kumunjayi Walker |
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| Résumé: | The police shooting of Kumunjayi Walker in Yuendumu in November 2019 instigated an immediate and determined response from Warlpiri families who were shocked and saddened by the death of a loved one in the prime of his life and enraged by this latest event in a long string of colonial injustices. This article collates perspectives as expressed in interviews and public statements from Warlpiri spokespeople who have been on the frontline of the fight for Justice for Walker. Incorporating the initial responses in the days after the shooting, the links to the Coniston massacre in Warlpiri and neighbouring country in 1928, the ongoing horror of Aboriginal deaths in custody and the escalating energy behind the Black Lives Matter campaigns across the world, this article illustrates, through Warlpiri voices, the ways in which people from Yuendumu have expertly used the techniques of activist campaigns in their resolute fight for justice for Walker, for all Aboriginal people across Australia and for Black and First Nations people world-wide. |
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| ISSN: | 1757-6547 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: The Australian journal of anthropology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/taja.12446 |
