Justice for Fella & Ban Spit Hoods

Monday, 30 August 2021 - 8:30am to 9:00am
Ban Spithoods placard sits against a box of flowers, with a picture of Wayne Fella Morrison

Latoya is an Aboriginal & Maori, Takatāpui researcher, undertaking their PhD at UTS on Gadigal Land. Wiradjuri, Kokatha and Wirangu man, Wayne Fella Morrison, their brother, was a father, fisherman and artist.

 

Wayne Fella Morrison died nearly 5 years ago in hospital after being restrained by prison guards on remand in Yatala prison,  Kaurna country in South Australia.

 

They speak on the circumstances of Wayne's death, the Justice for Fella campaign, including the call to legislate a ban on spit hoods nationally, and touch on abolition.

 

Find the #BanSpitHoods, Stop Black Deaths in Custody petition here. Follow the Justice for Fella campaign on Facebook, and support the Gofundme.

 

You can listen to more of this interview on Queering the Air here

Monday 8:30am to 9:00am
A national feminist current affairs program for community radio. A gender analysis of contemporary issues, as well as in-depth analysis by a range of women and gender diverse people around Australia and internationally. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network (CRN).

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Emma Hart, Kannagi Bhatt, Phuong Tran, Xen Nhà

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