The Indigenous family fighting back against a legacy of police brutality
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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.