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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article
contains names and images of deceased people.
The brutal homicide of 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, Cassius Turvey, by a
group of white men revealed the racial schisms in Western Australian society.
Turvey was walking home from school in October 2022 when he was abruptly beaten
to death.
On Friday, the Western Australian Supreme Court sentenced the three
perpetrators. Twenty-nine-year-old Brodie Palmer and 24-year-old Jack Brearley
were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
A third man, 27-year-old Mitchell Forth, was convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to 12 years behind bars.
This was an opportunity for the Supreme Court to send a strong message against
racial violence. While the punishment of the men involved is clear, the role of
race, and what legally qualifies as racially motivated crime, is muddier."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
