Why WA Police’s Claim Cassius Turvey May Have Been ‘In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time’ Is BS

WA’s Police Commissioner has urged people not to assume the violent attack which took 15-year-old Indigenous teenager Cassius Turvey‘s life was racially motivated. Let’s break down why this issue is not that simple. Cassius, a year 9 student, was walking home from school with his friends on October 13 when a black Ford Ranger pulled up next to them. According to police, Jack Steven James Brearley

has been charged with murder

“We’re not operating on any principles of racism or motivation at this point,” WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch told Perth radio station 6PR on Wednesday.

“It may be a case of mistaken identity, it may be a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

“But, I wouldn’t want anyone in the community to jump to any conclusions at this time, we’re still very early in the investigation.”

“At this stage it appears Cassius was an innocent victim of a violent attack,” Commissioner Blanch alleged.

“I urge community members to refrain from unfounded speculation regarding this tragic death of a young boy, who was a much loved family member and friend.”

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If a 15-year-old white kid was bludgeoned to death in broad daylight in the middle of any metro city, it would be front page news. For a week. That’s not what I’m seeing re Cassius Turvey.

— Andrew Stafford (@staffo_sez) October 26, 2022

Elijah DoughtyMaster DrageMaster Simpsondrowned after police chased them into a lake in 2018

I define this as lynching. You can call it whatever you want but the injustice reminds the primary point made here. The jump to tone policing mob instead of engaging with the injustice is classic Australian attitude to our pain. Get stuffed.

— favourite irl (@Meriiki) October 26, 2022

George Floyd

You all better keep that same energy. Keep that same outrage. Call it for what it is, a lynching. Cassius Turvey should still be here, his family should not be burying their son. In case you forgot, Black lives matter on this continent too 2/2

— Wendy Mocke (@WendyMocke) October 26, 2022

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