WITNESS OF POLICE ASSAULTING A BOY OUTSIDE AADS 
& DERBARL YERRIGAN HEALTH SERVICE

On August 23rd 2012, members of the Nyoongar Tent Embassy were attending an Elder’s meeting in the building of the Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Service (AADS) in East Perth when they heard a commotion outside, and subsequently witnessed and filmed a shocking and disturbing incident of police brutality against a 14-year-old Tribal Sovereign boy. Witnesses saw the WA Police ram the boy’s head into a metal bin, smash his face into the ground and drag him 100 metres. The police officers punched the boy repeatedly, as can be seen in the images below. The Nyoongar Tent Embassy tried to stop the violent attack but the police threatened them with tasers. The NTE members immediately advised the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA, and the boy’s family, so that he could be supported at the police station.

Please contact the Nyoongar Tent Embassy if you, or someone you know, have suffered any violation of human rights.
If you witness, record, or video an abuse of human rights, please contact the NTE.

souce: stills from video footage (above) filmed at the scene