It's come to our attention that a number of newspapers (here, here and here) have heard about Lilly, and completely (wilfully?) misinterpreted what the children's book is about. Lilly very clearly discourages violence at all, and how anyone could interpret the farcical ending as "encouraging violence against police" is absolutely beyond me. The book shows nothing but real reports taken from mainstream media sources, of police violence against children. Where the protagonist, Lilly, decides to attack a police officer, it's showing how counter-productive it is to allow police officers to commit acts like this with minimum accountability. The police force can only work if they have the trust of the public. Violence promotes more violence. It's really very simple!
Still tracking down the last of the three articles we referenced in the book, however the episode of the girl being tasered because she wanted to stay with here sick friend is related here, and there's a wealth of information online around the horrendous death of Tyler Cassidy
For a look at Lilly, head to our literature page.
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Against my better judgement a couple of days ago, I opened a discarded herald-sun while waiting for a coffee, and it fell open onto their article. I never until now thought it would be possible for that "newspaper" to produce in me feelings of joy rather than despair, hopelessness and rage. But you guys proved me wrong. Thank you for that from the bottom of my heart.
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