#LegislateTheBan #BanSpitHoods

Via Change.org/BanSpitHoods, by Latoya Rule

My brother Wayne Fella Morrison was a 29-year-old Wiradjuri, Kokatha and Wirangu First Nations man. He was a loving father, an artist and a fisherman. We love him, we miss him, and we want justice.

In September 2016, officers forced a spit hood over Fella’s head and cuffed his wrists and ankles in Yatala Labour Prison. Cuffed and hooded, officers laid Fella face down in a van. We know little of what happened, there’s no CCTV footage and - at this stage - officers are refusing to give evidence. What we do know ...

Via Change.org/BanSpitHoods, by Latoya Rule

My brother Wayne Fella Morrison was a 29-year-old Wiradjuri, Kokatha and Wirangu First Nations man. He was a loving father, an artist and a fisherman. We love him, we miss him, and we want justice.

In September 2016, officers forced a spit hood over Fella’s head and cuffed his wrists and ankles in Yatala Labour Prison. Cuffed and hooded, officers laid Fella face down in a van. We know little of what happened, there’s no CCTV footage and - at this stage - officers are refusing to give evidence. What we do know is that Wayne was pulled unconscious from that van and died three days later from causes including asphyxia.

We cannot bring Fella back, but we know there is at least one thing we can do to prevent other families from experiencing a tragedy like ours - legislate to ban the use of spit hoods.

#LegislateTheBan #JusticeForFella #BanSpithoods

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The family of Wayne Fella Morrison needs you to send a quick email to the South Australian Premier, Attorney-General and Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, asking them to immediately legislate the ban on spit hoods across South Australia?

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Premier Steven Marshall, Attorney-General Vickie Chapman & Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services,

We draw your attention to the need to immediately legislate the ban on spit hoods across South Australia, not just in prisons, but in every setting they are currently used.

In September 2016, Wayne Fella Morrison, a Wiradjuri, Kokatha and Wirangu man and much-loved member of the Aboriginal community in South Australia was held face down in the back of a prison van, hooded and cuffed, while on remand in Yatala Labour Prison. Multiple prison officers inside the van, for the most part, have remained silent on what happened in Wayne’s final conscious moments. His family were forced to turn off Wayne’s life support machine as he lay braindead in the Intensive Care Unit of the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Wayne would still be here with his young daughter, and his family, if he was not restrained in such a brutal manner.

It’s time to enact justice. Six months is too long to wait - more Black lives could be destroyed in that time.

South Australia must legislate the ban on spit hoods immediately and permanently, and any of its cruel alternatives. This is one step toward being accountable for the death in custody of Wayne Fella Morrison to the community, and most importantly, Wayne’s family.

#LegislateTheBan #JusticeforFella

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