BREASTFEEDING BABY RIPPED FROM MOTHER'S ARMS BY AUSTRALIAN POLICE

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The harrowing moment Australian authorities ripped a breastfeeding baby away from his mother has been captured on video.
The woman was surrounded by police officers and support workers in bushland near Byron Bay, New South Wales early this year.
Footage of the incident shows the authorities asking the mother multiple times to give up her 8-month-old baby boy.
"This is not right. This is my baby," the mother can be heard pleading with them.
"This is against human rights. Don't do this to him."
One of the officers tells her that they are going to have to "sort some stuff out" but they have to take the boy.
"There are safety concerns for the wellbeing of that baby," she said.
After a few minutes the situation appears to escalate as two police officers hold back the mother while support workers pull the boy from his mother's grasp as she screams
They describe the boy as a "gumnut" baby - a reference to a book about babies who live in the bush.
The family said they live an organic lifestyle and had concerns he was now drinking from a bottle, being bathed in "artificial perfume" and chemicals, and "sleeping in a cot (prison cell)".

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