What is 2004 Redfern riots?
The '''Redfern Riots''' on 14 February 2004 were started in the inner [[Sydney]] [[suburb]] of [[Redfern, New South Wales|Redfern]] after the death of '''Thomas 'TJ' Hickey''', a 17 year old [[Australian Aborigine|Australian Aboriginal]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2004-02-16|title=Sydney riots over Aborigine death|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3491299.stm|access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref> The boy was riding home on his [[bicycle]] from his [[girlfriend]]'s house when he saw a police car and thought it was chasing him. Police were [[search]]ing him, but police have said that the [[police]] car was looking for a different person. While the chase Hickey lost [[control]] of his bicycle rode into a [[barb wire|spiked fence]]. Friends and relatives came together at [[The Block (Sydney)|The Block]] to be sad. [[Flier]]s were given out, which said that it was the [[fault]] of the police that the boy died and unhappy aboriginal [[youth]]s arrived from other parts of [[Sydney]] at the Redfern [[railway station]]. The police closed the [[entrance]] to the station but the [[crowd]] had turned [[violence|violent]] and began to throw [[bottle]]s, [[brick]]s and [[Molotov cocktail]]s. The violence became into a full [[riot]] around The Block, during which Redfern railway station was burning for a short time and was heavily damaged. The riot went on into the early morning, until police used [[Fire Brigade]] water [[hose]]s to get the crowd apart. One [[car]], stolen in a western suburb, was burnt, and 40 police officers were hurt. ==Related pages== * [[2005 Macquarie Fields riots]] * [[2005 Cronulla riots]] == Other websites == * [http://smh.com.au/specials/redfern/index.html Redfern riots special] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107085814/http://www.smh.com.au/specials/redfern/index.html |date=2006-11-07 }} (Sydney Morning Herald) - several stories about the riots and its endings. {{history-stub}} == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:2000s crimes in Australia]] [[Category:2000s