Few people in Australia tune into NITV, a state-funded indigenous TV channel. On typical days it receives just 0.1 per cent of ratings nationally. But on 9 May there was a sudden spike. NITV had just broadcast a video clip filmed with a cell phone of a police car in Perth deliberately mowing down an Aboriginal teenager and causing him to have a seizure. His crime? Someone had reported ‘suspicious activity’ in the area.
The teenager was treated in hospital for his injuries, while the police officer involved has been stood down and is under internal investigation.
