Leaked audio reveals Queensland police staff in racist conversations, joking about violence to black people and protestors

Exclusive: Whistleblower’s recordings capture multiple offensive discussions between officers at Brisbane watch house

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Audio recordings taken at the Brisbane city police watch house reveal officers joking about beating and burying black people, referring to Nigerians as “jigaboos”, and raising fears that Australia “will be fucking taken over”.

A series of tapes, leaked to Guardian Australia by a whistleblower, record several Queensland police service officers using racist slurs and offensive language while working in the holding cells.

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