NSW: March and vigil planned in Sydney for TJ's funeral

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2004
NSW: March and vigil planned in Sydney for TJ's funeral

The Aboriginal community and other inner-Sydney locals say they'll hold a memorial
march and vigil next week to mark the funeral of THOMAS HICKEY.

The teenager, whose death last weekend sparked violent riots in Redfern, will be buried
in his home town of Walgett, in northern NSW.

TJ, as he was known, became impaled on a metal fence after crashing his bicycle on
Saturday and died in hospital on Sunday morning.

That night more than 50 people were involved in violent clashes with police, with rocks,
bottles and Molotov cocktails thrown …