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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Henry Belot

ACT police accused of ‘racial profiling’ for allegedly pulling guns on Indigenous teenager after mistaking him for suspect

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The incident, which saw the police allegedly remove an Aboriginal teenager from a bus at gunpoint, will now be investigated by the Australian federal police’s professional standards unit after accusations of ‘racial profiling’ Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Police in Canberra allegedly pulled their guns on a 17-year-old Indigenous boy who they mistook for a suspect in an aggravated burglary, prompting accusations of “institutional racism” and “racial profiling”.

The boy’s family allege he was travelling on a bus on when it was stopped by police officers looking for a suspect accused of robbing a shop with a knife.

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