"The police chokehold - also known as the Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint hold, LVNR or sleeper hold - involves compressing the arteries and veins in the neck to decrease blood supply to the brain.

Queensland is currently the only state in Australia to allow the controversial chokehold.

... in addition to the well-documented evidence base of chokeholds and the risks associated with death for all Australians, the unacceptable risk the chokehold poses to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Peoples."

"there have been at least five deaths involving the chokehold in Queensland. These five victims were Stevie Lee Nixon-McKellar, Noombah, Christopher Martin, Carl Grillo and Michael Eddy."

"... Stevie Lee's mother, Dr Raylene Nixon, is spearheading a campaign to ban chokeholds in Queensland. "

"The campaign saw some early success. On 14 April 2023, then QPS Commissioner Katarina Caroll removed the chokehold as a use of force option for the Queensland Police Service. A direction to cease using the technique was put in place. References to the chokehold were removed from the police manual... But just one month later, Commissioner Caroll reneged, stating pressure from the Queensland Police Union... The LVNR is currently allowed in 'dangerous situations'.

"The death of George Floyd prompted jurisdictions around the globe to ban the chokehold...All Australian states and territories besides Queensland have banned the use of chokeholds. Victoria, NSW and Qld are all categorical in stating they do not teach or advocate the use of any form of chokehold or respiratory neck restraint."

Dr Nixon is continuing the campaign, see https://nit.com.au/10-03-2026/23068/mother-fights-to-ban-police-chokeholds-in-queensland

"A petition calling on the coroner to release the footage of Stevie-Lee's death can be signed online."

"Releasing the footage is in the public interest. In 2020, footage of George Floyd being physically restrained by Minneapolis police flooded mainstream and social media worldwide, triggering long over-due conversations about racism and police violence around the globe. ....

In the absence of justice before the courts, releasing the footage is crucial. In Australia, no police officer has ever been held accountable in relation to any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person who has died in police custody. In the absence of justice before courts of law, justice in the court of public opinion takes on special importance.  "

#NoMoreDeathsInCustody #FirstNationsJustice #QueenslandPolice #QldGov #QLD #Justice4StevieLee #DeathsInCustody

If, like me, you didn't get to the 'Permaculture is Political Web Series' fundraiser organised by PermaQueer you may appreciate that a recording is now available

Fundraising for:
Yuruwan https://www.yuruwan.org.au/
Dahlia Palestine https://www.dalia.ps/
The Land Back Org - https://thelandback.org/
Gaza Soup Kitchen https://gazasoupkitchen.org/

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-0c44ItwPBEIeSaHpKjW4LgUamKXZgqF&si=T662wwLssR9j6GgS

https://www.permaqueer.com/

"Historically, the permaculture movement has often claimed to be "apolitical"—yet we know nothing in an ecosystem plays a neutral role & this approach is actively harmful. Especially when systems are designed on stolen land using colonial frameworks, while our global ecosystems & frontline communities bear the brunt of systemic harm. "

"Queering is the practice of interrogating social norms and building new relationships and systems to meet the needs of all...... Expanding on the ecological function of diversity, [and interrogating] the flattening of what it is to be political and the many different forms of leadership and resistance."

#Permaculture #Permaqueer #FirstNationsJustice

#JusticeForCassius

#CassiusTurvey

#Forever15

#FirstNationsJustice

#socialmedia

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9vzzxpdm7o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDSkd_ebF_w

It's almost #FollowFriday.
The day to showcase great accounts on here that others should follow too.

(You do follow all the accounts I recommend, don't you! *shakes finger*)

First up I want to make a shout out to @tylerdckey a very wonderful human.

You can find them involved in #Regen #ComplexSystems #BodyBuilding #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #FirstNationsJustice

All around excellent human who literally just joined Mastodon tonight!

Second up @mollie. Mollie is a fellow #Designer based in #KaurnaCountry and also does excellent work in similar areas #ClimateJustice #DesignJustice #FirstNations #Environment

Mollie recently designed a very cool Tee for @sa4forests, poke the SA4Forests crew if you wanna see a pic! :P

They've also been doing excellent work on the SavetheMurry campaign in SA.

Like many designers Mollie is a fan of #Typography #GraphicDesign, Im sure they'll do a better intro than this soon, but you wont see it if you dont follow em.

*The #Saugeen #FirstPeoples won their lawsuit 👏 Appeals court dismissed #Ontario government's appeal. Justice was finally served.*

Ontario's top court has upheld a lower court's ruling that a strip of #SaubleBeach, a popular Ontario tourist spot, has always belonged to a local #FirstNation.

In a 121-page decision on Monday, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed appeals brought by the Municipality of South #BrucePeninsula, the Ontario government, and several local families to the April 2023 ruling by Superior Court Justice Susan Vella.

"Justice was done today," said Saugeen First Nation Chief Conrad Ritchie in a statement, calling it a "powerful moment" for the Saugeen community.

In her 2023 decision, Vella ruled that "Chi-Cmiinh," a roughly two-kilometre strip of beach at the northern end of Saugeen Reserve No. 29, had always belonged to Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation, and that the federal government breached its treaty rights.

The Crown, Vella wrote, failed to protect and preserve the #treaty it signed in 1854, Treaty 72, in which the First Nation and neighbouring #Chippewas of Nawash surrendered Saugeen Peninsula, excluding five #Indigenous reserve territories. One would become #ReserveNo29.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7405601

#GoodNews #CDNpoli #ONpoli #FirstNationsJustice #JusticeServed #NativeCanada #IndigenousCanada #IndigenousRights #HumanRights #GovernmentOfCanada #HonourTheTreaties #FirstNations #Legal #CanadianLaw #TruthBeforeReconciliation #OntarioLaw #lawsuit #UNDRIP

We’ve been having this conversation for years, and all the expert evidence points to raising the age to at least 14 and helping children avoid contact with the criminal legal system.

14 is the bare minimum.

Anything less is Labor falling short.

#RaiseTheAge #FirstNationsJustice

NAIDOC Week commences today (Sunday July 2) and continues until next Sunday July 9.

The theme of NAIDOC Week this year is “For Our Elders”, paying tribute to the important role played by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders in their communities and in our nation.

For around 65,000 years Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders have guided their people in lovingly caring for their country and their environment.

However, in the last 235 years those who have arrived and occupied this land have exploited its resources, damaged the environment and helped trigger changes to the climate. This has all happened without the traditional owners and their Elders having any say in their fate.

First Nations justice is Climate Justice.

With that in mind, Climate Action Burwood-Canada Bay:
• Endorses the Uluru Statement from the Heart
• Supports constitutional recognition for First Nations people
• Supports the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Federal Parliament

#NAIDOCWeek #FirstNationsJustice #ClimateJustice #VoiceToParliament