Shocking moment police throw foster child into cage

Shocking moment Indigenous foster child removed from home by police The cries of the 11-year-old Indigenous boy pierce the Northern Territory neighbourhood as two uniformed police officers force the struggling, sobbing child into the cage of a police wagon. He’s done nothing wrong. A child protection worker assures him of this – “you haven’t done anything wrong” – as she calmly observes police manhandle the screaming child out of his home, carry him by his hands and feet, whatever limb they can grasp, ­before bundling him, alone and distraught, into the back of the police van. His “crime”? He’d run away from a foster care placement and didn’t want to return. He wants to be here, with *Tom and *Marie, the couple he calls Mum and Dad. The journalist behind the story Christine Middap joins Editorial Director and host of The Front podcast Claire Harvey to discuss the horrific scene, and the issue of kinship, culture and foster care permeating in the Northern Territory. 📰 Read the full story: Connect With The Australian Online 🖥 Follow Us: Facebook ► Instagram ► Twitter ► LinkedIn ► 🎧 Podcast ► 🎥 Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel: #breakingnews #news #headlinenews