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The Briefing … Racial tensions resurface in Kalgoorlie
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Hundreds of people have marched in the Western Australian town of Kalgoorlie in protest at the possible release of the man who killed a 14-year-old boy.
Elijah Doughty died in 2016 after being run over by a 56-year-old man in a four-wheel-drive, pursuing him over what he believed was a stolen motorbike. Elijah’s grandfather Alfred told the ABC the prospect of the man gaining parole “sends a message that you can kill a black kid and get away with it”, and that “justice hasn’t been done”. Threatening flyers reading “if a thief was to steal my motorbike … I would run him down” were posted along the march’s route.
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The Saturday Paper