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Protesters gather in Brisbane CBD for Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter protesters have spray-painted slogans on the street outside Brisbane City watch-house after the recent death in custody of an Indigenous woman.

BLM protesters take to Brisbane streets

Protesters have spray painted “Black Lives Matter” and “Justice for Aunty Sherry Tilberoo” on the road outside Brisbane City watch-house on Friday evening.

The protest comes after Indigenous woman Sherry Fisher-Tilberoo died of natural causes in the watch-house last Saturday.

Protests erupted in the City last Friday following the news of Ms Fisher-Tilberoo’s death, and have resumed this Friday.

Protest in Brisbane for black death in custody at Queensland Police Roma Street Watchhouse, Friday, September 18, 2020 - Picture: Richard Walker
Protest in Brisbane for black death in custody at Queensland Police Roma Street Watchhouse, Friday, September 18, 2020 - Picture: Richard Walker

About 300 people gathered in Brisbane’s King George Square.

Protesters holding banners which read “say their names” sat in the city’s square before their planned march, chanting “too many coppers not enough justice”.

Protest in Brisbane for black death in custody at Queensland Police Roma Street Watchhouse, Friday, September 18, 2020 - Picture: Richard Walker
Protest in Brisbane for black death in custody at Queensland Police Roma Street Watchhouse, Friday, September 18, 2020 - Picture: Richard Walker
Protest in Brisbane for black death in custody at Queensland Police Roma Street Watchhouse, Friday, September 18, 2020 - Picture: Richard Walker
Protest in Brisbane for black death in custody at Queensland Police Roma Street Watchhouse, Friday, September 18, 2020 - Picture: Richard Walker
Protest in Brisbane for black death in custody at Queensland Police Roma Street Watchhouse, Friday, September 18, 2020 - Picture: Richard Walker
Protest in Brisbane for black death in custody at Queensland Police Roma Street Watchhouse, Friday, September 18, 2020 - Picture: Richard Walker

After the sit-in protesters marched to the watch-house before moving on to Musgrave Park in South Brisbane.

Roads surrounding the route were closed as protesters chanted, “What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now.”

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