‘I can’t breathe!’ Australia must look in the mirror to see our own deaths in custody

These words are not the words of George Floyd or Eric Garner. They weren’t uttered on the streets of Minneapolis or New York.

• Thalia Anthony
• The Conversation

These are the final words of a 26-year-old Dunghutti man who died in a prison in south-eastern Sydney.

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