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	Podcast:		Full Story
	Episode:		The Western Australian police and the shooting of JC
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:33:10
	Publish Date:		2021-11-09 16:30:13
	Description:		In 2019, a 29-year-old Yamatji woman – known as JC – was homeless, suffering from poor mental health and walking through Geraldton holding a kitchen knife, when the police were called. Sixteen seconds after a police officer began to approach her, she was shot and later died. Last month a jury found the officer not guilty of both murder and manslaughter. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to ABC reporter Rebecca Trigger and Noongar human rights lawyer Hannah McGlade about the life of JC, and what happened in those 16 seconds
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