The family of Gomeroi man Mark Mason Snr has hit the streets of Sydney to call for independent investigations and accountability for First Nations deaths in custody, on the 11th anniversary of his death.
Mr Mason was shot dead by NSW police in his home in the northwest NSW town of Collarenebri in 2010, with an investigation clearing the officers involved.
Two other Aboriginal men have died in custody this week - a and a 26-year-old man on Sunday.
Mr Mason's daughter Darlene was flanked by supporters and family members at NSW parliament house.
"Today it's been 11 years since the police shot and killed our father and we still got no justice," Ms Mason told the crowd.
"When is it gonna stop for our people? It never stops, we are still fighting today."
Ms Mason called for accountability and independent inquiries into all deaths in custody.
Darlene Mason called for greater accountability for officers involved in deaths in custody. (NITV News)
"To gain justice, it requires more accountability, more charges against officers and real investigations — There is no way that police investigating police is a fair process," she said.
Maruwari and Budjiti Elder and activist Bruce Shillingsworth said the rate of Indigenous people dying in custody is a national shame.
"They're killing our people, the genocide and the over-incarceration of our mob in jails — let us stand together and let us fight together," he told the crowd.
Supporters and advocates of all ages carried Aboriginal flags, wore t-shirts bearing the faces of those who had died in custody, and held signs as they called on governments to stop preventable deaths.
Protesters at a rally for Indigenous people who had died in custody including Mark Mason Sr who was shot dead in 2011. (NITV News)
Since the Royal Commission handed down its findings in 1991, more than 470 First Nations people have died in custody.
