Protest anthem for Aboriginal woman who died in jail uses CCTV footage to powerful effect

It has been lower than a month since disturbing CCTV footage of a now-deceased Indigenous Australian lady's remedy in custody rattled Australia. 

22-year-old Yamatji lady, Julieka Dhu, was locked up by police because of unpaid fines. Regardless of telling police that she was in large quantities of ache, officers believed she was "faking it," calling her a "junkie" based on reports. 

After being despatched away from hospital the primary time, she died of problems referring to septicaemia and pneumonia, en path to the hospital once more. 

Footage exhibits Ms. Dhu being dragged round roughly and dropped on her head whereas unconcious.

Now, Australian musician Felix Riebl has launched a strong musical anthem devoted to the younger lady. The accompanying video makes use of stories footage referring to the coronial inquest for Ms. Dhu's demise, in addition to the CCTV footage itself.

That includes the Gondwana Indigenous Youngsters's Choir, the track "Ms. Dhu" incorporates such highly effective lyrics that rail towards institutional racism and police brutality in Australia, resembling "Each black demise in custody's a blight on our soul," and "will we ever see a cop locked up for negligence?"

Riebl, who's best-known as frontman of the band The Cat Empire, told the ABC "[Dhu] wasn't handled like an individual."

The music and video have been created in shut session with Ms. Dhu's family and of the proceeds from the music will go to the Dhu household.