Shocking images of police shooting Aboriginal man swarm social media
 

Shocking images of police shooting Aboriginal man swarm social media
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A 32-year-old Indige**us man identified by locals on social media as Dennis John "DJ" Doolan is in a critical but stable condition after being shot by police in Cowra, Australia, on Wednesday after**on.*

Witnesses who captured footage of the aftermath of the incident have taken to social media to share it, including one confronting image that shows Doolan face down on the street, having been shot in the lower back.*

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A statement from authorities said the man was wielding the "large handle" of a mattock (a garden implement). Police have dismissed an image of an unarmed Doolan with his hands up and back to police, who are aiming a hand gun at him — saying it was taken during an earlier stage of the 40-minute "confrontation." Read more...

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