Tag Archive

Amy McQuire

Shattered Glass: The Death In Custody of Mark Mason Snr

Amy McQuire, Presence, November 2021

'This is a story that I’ve wanted to write for 11 years. It’s the story of Gomeroi man Mark Mason Snr, who was shot by a police officer in Collerenebri in November, 2011. Now the 11th anniversary of Mark’s death comes in the same week as two other tragedies - yesterday news broke that another Gomeroi man was shot by police in Sydney. And there was yet another death in custody at Shortland correctional unit. I was also supposed to publish this piece two weeks ago, but then news broke that the police officer who shot Aboriginal woman JC in Geraldton walked free from charges of murder.'

Read more

The Circular is a project of The Sydney Review of Books. We’re supported by the Australia Council’s Sector Recovery Initiative fund.

We send a weekly newsletter featuring the most interesting, useful and surprising recent non-fiction published by and about Australian writers.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work, the Burramattagal people of the Darug nation, and pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded, and the struggles for justice are ongoing. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands this digital platform reaches.