'Abhorrent and distressing': Multiple police beat teenager locked in watch house
7.30 has obtained footage showing police beating an Indigenous youth repeatedly with a baton in a watch house, sparking allegations of excessive use of force.
Alexandra Blucher is a journalist for ABC Investigations in Brisbane. She has also worked as a journalist at ABC bureaux in Tasmania and New South Wales, and in Beijing at China Radio International. In 2023, Alexandra won Queensland Journalist of the Year and the Investigative Journalism category at the Queensland Media Awards for her investigation into the state's child protection system. She was also nominated for an investigative journalism Walkley Award in 2023. In 2018, Alexandra and Mark Willacy won a Walkley Award for their investigation into local government corruption allegations. She also won three Queensland Media Awards in 2017 and 2018 for online investigations, and in 2018 she was part of the team awarded the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists' Star Prize for Excellence in Rural Broadcasting. She is a co-winner of the Queensland Press Club's Rural Journalism Prize. Alexandra works for all ABC news and current affairs programs. You can contact Alexandra on [email protected]. For secure communication, message her on Signal +61437448326 or email [email protected]
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