Tarniesha Widders, 19, told
Hack that she and her partner had been driving through the Sydney suburb of Darlington, near Redfern, when they decided to pull over because she was having an anxiety attack.
“Two police came around the corner and they pulled over and they got out of the car and asked what I was doing,” Widders told the program.
“I asked him why they pulled me over… that was racial profiling automatically, and he wouldn’t give me an answer and it start to really get heated quickly.”
As Widders’ partner
Lili Bayles – who is also Aboriginal – was trying to comfort her, a police officer can be seen grabbing Bayles.
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