'Not our king!': Independent Australian senator yells at King Charles

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Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe shouted anti-colonial slogans at King Charles during his visit to the Australian parliament on Monday (Oct 21), shocking assembled lawmakers and other dignitaries.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/48erzdfp  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:20We are not our kids, we are not our land. We are not our kids, we are not our land.

00:27This is genocide against our people.

00:30Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us.

00:34Our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people.

00:38You destroyed our land. Give us a just government.

00:42This is not our land. This is not our land.

00:46We are not our kids. You are not our kids.

00:52Well I got carried out by the AFP so I didn't get a chance to look around on who was supporting me

00:59but I certainly got a few nods from Aboriginal people in the room

01:04to show that they support my resistance which is the resistance of my people for over 200 years.

01:11We will continue to resist the colony until we have a peacemaking treaty

01:16where we can celebrate this country together.

01:18We don't need a king from another country to dictate to us what we do here.

01:23We are the real sovereigns.

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