Rallies demand justice for TJ

SYDNEY — Thirty people attended a rally outside the Glebe Coroners Court on July 5 to demand the reopening of the coronial inquiry into the death of young Redfern Aboriginal man Thomas "TJ" Hickey.

On February 14, 2004, TJ, aged 17, was impaled on a metal fence during a police pursuit and died as a result of his wounds the next day. The protest was addressed by Indigenous Social Justice Association president Ray Jackson and Raul Bassi from the Socialist Alliance.

On July 8, 50 people gathered at the Redfern Block to call for justice for the Hickey family. The rally was addressed by local Aboriginal community leader Jenny Munro and community leaders from Townsville and Palm Island in north Queensland, who expressed their solidarity with the Hickey family.

Marce Cameron

From Green Left Weekly, July 13, 2005.

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From GLW issue 633