Published: August 12, 2018
Media coverage of ‘African gangs’ condemned days after fight between teenagers led news
The mayors of eight Melbourne councils have condemned the media and politicians for “fearmongering” over youth crime and “African gangs”, days after a fight between South Sudanese-Australian teenagers in the city’s outer suburbs dominated headlines.
The councils – which represent 1.2 million Melburnians in the outer west, inner north and south-east of the city – joined with South Sudanese-Australian leaders on Monday morning to claim the media was overemphasising the crimes committed by the African-Australian community.
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