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Australia protesters demand prosecution
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| BRISBANE, Australia—Some 250 people joined a spirited march through the downtown of this city November 18 to demand that the police who killed Mulrunji Doomadgee be prosecuted. Mulrunji, an Aborigine, was beaten to death on Nov. 19, 2004, while in police custody on Palm Island, off the northern Queensland coast. A coroner’s report released September 27 ruled that Queensland cop Christopher Hurley was responsible for the death. Mulrunji’s cousin, Alec Doomadgee (above, in dark glasses), spoke at a rally before the march, demanding that Hurley be “brought before the court.” He called on other young Aborigines to “stand up” in the fight against police brutality.
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