00:00What began as a trip to the supermarket escalated into a deadly altercation with police.
00:09We can confirm the male was taken to the ground and he remained on the ground for a number of minutes.
00:14Police say the man stopped breathing shortly after officers restrained him,
00:19following violent behaviour towards security guards.
00:22The early autopsy results leaving more questions than answers.
00:27At this stage the cause of death is undetermined and the pathologist is required to do further investigation.
00:33In a statement, senior Walpree man Ned Jumperjimper Hargraves identified the man who died as his grandson
00:40and said the community was demanding answers and justice.
00:44This young man was living away from his community in town in supported accommodation
00:49because of his disabilities and he was very vulnerable.
00:52He needed support and not to be criminalised because of his disability.
00:56Community leaders left devastated today.
01:00Everyone's really, really sad about what has happened to this young man.
01:05And angry at the loss of life.
01:08For me I just, you know, felt sick to know that another Aboriginal person has been killed by police.
01:14Police investigating police is never going to see justice or the truth realised.
01:18Eyewitnesses say they saw the 24 year old being violently wrestled and slammed to the ground and they heard him screaming in distress.
01:27Thirty people have died in custody this year alone in Australia and eight of them have been First Nations people.
01:34You know, we need to have an intervention. Emergency intervention, but not on Aboriginal people, but on the government to be accountable.
01:41We need systems that are accountable, that are open and transparent with the community and people affected by something as tragic as this.
01:49A report will be prepared for the coroner.
01:52A report will be prepared for the coroner.
01:56Their students will not be prepared for the coroner.
02:06But they will lets proceed sanitarium as the student who believes in parental human violence is currently Wicklow.
02:09They will feed us servants over the political side.
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