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The 2004 Redfern riots took place on the evening of Saturday, 14 February 2004, in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern, sparked by the death of a young man named Thomas Hickey. ==Thomas Hickey's death== The circumstances of Thomas 'T.J.' Hickey's death are disputed. The facts are that the 17-year-old Indigenous Australian was riding his bicycle, a police vehicle began chasing him, and as he was chased he came off his bicycle and was impaled in a 2.5-metre high fence, causing penetrating injuries of the neck and chest.〔 According to police, they arrived at the scene quickly, but were unable to save him as "the injury was probably non-survivable."〔Abernethy, J: ''Report by the NSW State Coroner into deaths in custody/police operations 2004'', page 71. ISSN No: 1323-6423.〕 There was an outstanding arrest warrant in his name, but police have consistently maintained that the patrol car was searching for a different individual, wanted in connection with a violent bag snatch at Redfern railway station earlier the same day. The Hickey family and supporters fiercely dispute this version of events, claiming that witnesses saw Hickey's bike clipped by the police car, thus propelling him onto the fence. This claim was supported by the testimony of two Aboriginal Liaison Officers to a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the death, though neither of the Officers were present at the scene. Despite calls to re-open the coronial inquest, the New South Wales government has refused to do so.〔 Doubt remains over the veracity of the evidence presented during the case. One of the Aboriginal Police Liaison Officers who gave testimony for the Hickey family, Paul James Wilkinson,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Inquiry into Issues Relating to Redfern/Waterloo - Submission No 91'', page 4. )〕 later admitted to the murder of his pregnant girlfriend five months prior to making his allegations. Wilkinson pleaded guilty to murder on 13 November 2008, judged as being 'well-versed in deception and motivated by self-interest' when receiving a 28-year custodial sentence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2004 Redfern riots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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