Cassius Turvey

A serving Indigenous WA Police officer calls on the Police Commissioner to retract his comments on the alleged murder of Cassius Turvey.

He was 15 and he was exactly where he was meant to be at the time of his death. "I am an Aboriginal police officer, and have been for a reasonable amount of time. She said the Commissioner's comments could have a "devastating effect". His name was Cassius Turvey. To say that Cassius was in the "wrong place, wrong time" is insensitive to say the least and apologetic toward the accused man at worst. I have denounced racism. I oppose racism. "I believed he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, meaning that he was an innocent person in the wrong place," he said. In an open letter to the ABC, the officer called on Commissioner Blanch to "at the very least" retract his comments about the alleged murder of Cassius Turvey. "The statement by Commissioner Col Blanch about the alleged murder of Cassius Turvey was, to be frank, atrocious." "To say that Cassius was in the 'wrong place, wrong time' is insensitive to say the least and apologetic toward the accused man at worst," the letter reads. A serving Indigenous WA Police officer believes the state's Police Commissioner Col Blanch needs to offer a formal apology to the community for his comments regarding the alleged murder of Cassius Turvey.

The 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy's death sparked global outrage. Now communities are coming together to call for justice.

- Brisbane, King George Square, 6pm - Geelong, Wathaurong Aboriginal Co Op, 6pm - Melbourne, Aboriginal Advancement League, 6pm - Ballarat, Alfred Deakin Place, 6pm - Canberra, Aboriginal Tent Embassy, 6pm - Newcastle, Civic Park, 6pm - Lavington, Mirambeena Community Centre, 6pm - Eden, Eden RSL, 6pm - Airds, Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation, 6pm - Sydney, Town Hall, 6pm - Alice Springs, Courthouse, 6pm - Bunbury, Graham Bricknell Shell, 6pm

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of a person who is deceased. Thousands of people have gathered ...

She described her son as a "shining star" and a "people lover" who was "the heart and soul of our community". Turvey criticised the police response after Cassius was allegedly attacked and called on the government to "invest in eliminating youth violence". "I don't want any more violence, I am the only person who can get justice for my son; stand alongside me, and I appreciate everyone, but I need to call out for calm, I am angry, Cassius' friends and family are angry, I don't want any form of violence at any of these rallies in the name of my child," she wrote. Cassius' mum wrote and released a "heartfelt statement" to be read at the dozens of gatherings, calling for "calm and peace". "This demonstrates his willingness and self-motivation to succeed," she said. His mother told the crowd her son speaks to her every day and this morning he said to read from his grade three report card.

The Forrest Chase event was the third gathering in Perth to honour the teen over the past five days, with the size of the crowd - and their anger and sadness ...

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That's according to James Blackwell, of the Wiradjuri tribe of Canberra, after the death of 15-year-old Western Australian boy Cassius Turvey (Noongar Yamatji), ...

"It's important that [the police] call it out for what it is so we can do something about it. Through his own observations of politicians and media about the story, Blackwell says Indigenous lives in Australia "aren't seen as important". "Obviously it's quite violent, shocking and horrifying but it's more than worrying that it should be front and centre for us as a country." Police are also investigating four other people who were known to be with Brearley. The Wiradjuri's Blackwell said this was a "brutal violent attacking of a teenager walking home from school, with an incredibly violent and racist overtone to the attack". But even Prime Minister Anthony Albanese weighed in and condemned the attack as "clearly racially motivated".

The family of Cassius Turvey, the Yamatji-Noongar boy whose death is making Australians reflect on the deep-rooted racism still present in society looked ...

and the right time?” “It was his murderer who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and he did wrong.” “Cassius was in the right place at the right time,” she said.

Cassius Turvey's mother has led a march of thousands through Perth's CBD amid a national day of action around Australia in honour of her 15-year-old son.

The alleged murder of 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy Cassius Turvey has generated an unusually honest media response.

He talked and squealed throughout, pawing at invisible playmates and toys in the air, his eyes lively and restless as candle flames, a small shock of concentrated life. The horror of what is alleged to have happened to Turvey may end up being a turning point. So maybe this will lead to some kind of true reckoning. Somewhere between one and two years old, his jumper a knot of white and green and gold pearls. There are a scattering of these kids at the Thornbury vigil for the alleged murder of 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy Cassius Turvey in the huge crowd spilling back past the street junction of Clapham and Watt, backing away from the Aboriginal Advancement League building into suburbia. There are [similar vigils for Turvey](https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/a-shining-star-rallies-for-cassius-turvey-to-be-held-across-the-globe-20221102-p5buxv.html) all over Australia and [beyond](https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/indigenous/vigils-for-cassius-turvey-confront-racism/news-story/c962289f47a1220176484eebf313fa5c).

Mechelle Turvey, Cassius Turvey's mother, delivered a powerful speech at the #JusticeForCassius vigils across Australia. Read it for yourself here.

"He was so destined for work was about to start at Kmart. "Governments need to invest in eliminating youth violence. So then they can have a vision of Cassius where he started. It was vital." When he finally returned I said 'where have you been all day?' Cassius said 'we mowed 50 lawns and five of them want us to come back.' But I don't want any form of violence at any of these rallies in the name of my child," Turvey wrote. "He was community orientated, involved in a local football group, and two basketball teams. He was the heart and soul of the community. I remember this one day when he mowed two lawns and he said to me, 'I wonder if anyone else wants their lawns done?'. For those who don't know, she's a sacred mother of young Cassius and these are her words," Garret began on behalf of Turvey. He was jovial, kind, and his heart larger than life. "I don't want any more violence.

Finn McHugh has been federal political reporter for The Canberra Times since July 2021. He joined the Canberra Press Gallery in 2019 where he was executive ...

He joined the Canberra Press Gallery in 2019 where he was executive producer of Sky News's AM Agenda, before joining NCA NewsWire as a federal political reporter. I feel that as a mum, I should have been kept in the loop." He has previously interned at the Kuwait Times. the statement said. [The death has sparked a national outcry](https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7960495/noongar-leaders-condemn-wa-teens-killing/), reviving conversations about the racism and disproportionate violence faced by First Nations Australians. Violence breeds violence." We need our allies more than ever to stand up and show up." It takes a loss of a loved one to get proper duty of care and an investigation. Police are yet to confirm a motive, but faced criticism for claiming Cassius had been "in the wrong place at the wrong time". I am angry. "There was no contact with me, his mother. "I am the only person who can get justice for my son, [so] stand beside me ...

Thousands of people around the country attended vigils on Wednesday to honour the life of Noongar-Yamatji boy Cassius Turvey.

We shouldn’t have to beg and plead to not be killed on our own country”, Donovan said. He mentioned key figures of Indigenous history including William Cooper and Charles Perkins as “legends that fought for all of our rights to what we are today.” “When will our uncles stop being incarcerated and killed in custody? “I’m the only person who can get justice for my son. “[The] way systems continue to protect perpetrators; the way property seems to have more value over a life. “Why are those comments more meaningful when the masses see it on our social media?

Some 2000 people descended on the vigil for the murder of Cassius Turvey took place at the Aboriginal Advancement League in Thornbury in Naarm (Melbourne) ...

When he returned, I said – ‘where have you been all day?’ Cassius said, I just mowed fifteen lawns.” He didn’t have his phone on him. “I start to imagine the young ones in my community, all I can imagine is my niece coming home form school and getting murdered,” she said.