Glamorous indigenous activist with a shocking history of spitting on cops and calling them 'white dogs' is found guilty of kicking and slapping four police officers
- Leilani Clarke found guilty of attacking four police officers during an arrest
- She was also charged with assaulting another man in February this year
- The 21-year-old has a history of spitting on police and calling them 'white dogs'
- Previously defending her actions, she said she had 'trans-generational trauma'
A young Aboriginal activist with a history of spitting on police has been found guilty of kicking and slapping four officers after an alleged attack on a stranger.
Leilani Clarke, 21, was walking the streets of Redfern in Sydney's inner city in July last year, when she allegedly started punching a 22-year-old woman.
Police jumped in to separate the women when Clarke lashed out at the four officers, with her later kicking a female officer in the groin and spitting at another.
The passionate activist, who regularly campaigns against 'white colonial oppression', also slapped a male officer 'on the face with an open hand', according to police facts.
This is the fifth time Clarke has been involved with violence against police after previously kneeing an officer in the testicles, calling police 'white dogs' and calling a female officer a 'white c**t'.
Leilani Clarke, 21, was walking the streets of Redfern in Sydney's inner city in June last year, when she started punching a 22-year-old woman
Clarke (pictured) was charged with assaulting two female and two male police officers and affray using unlawful violence against a 22-year-old woman last July
She was found guilty of four counts of assault officer in execution of duty, according to the Daily Mercury.
In a similar incident from 2018, she spat at another police officer and assaulted a paramedic who had been trying to take her to hospital.
She screamed: 'F**k you white dogs. I'm smart not dumb. I got three more degrees than you'll ever have.'
Previously defending her actions, Clarke said her indigenous heritage means she suffers from 'transgenerational trauma'.
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She has also pleaded guilty to affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm during a separate incident in February this year.
Between 12.30am and 3am on February 2 she assaulted a man and admitted to using violence.
The 21-year-old is currently on bail but has lost her housing placement and is staying with a friend.
The court heard her current living situation was 'keeping her off the streets for now'.
Magistrate Erin Kennedy said Clarke's circumstances were 'concerning' and is worried the 21-year-old will continue offending.
'We'll only see more offending and she'll end up in custody. That's where we're going,' Magistrate Kennedy said.
The magistrate pushed back the sentencing hearing to July and ordered Clarke to get a mental health report from Justice Health.
This is the fifth time Clarke (pictured) has been involved with violence against police officers after previously kneeing an officer in the testicles and calling police 'white dogs'
'I am not setting you up to fail,' Magistrate Kennedy told Clarke.
Police allege Clarke had 'an unknown number of alcoholic beverages' as she walked down Redfern St with ten friends about 12.20am on June 27 last year.
Soon after, she came across a young woman and 'punched her several times in the head' unprovoked, according to police facts.
As Clarke continued to throw punches, her victim was 'bent over at the waist with the accused holding her hair, punching her … in an unprovoked attack. No words were exchanged,' police facts said.
A police officer who saw the attack stopped to pull the girls apart as Clarke mumbled, 'I don't know what happened. I just want to go...yes, I am drunk in a public place'.
The officer then found that Clarke was in breach of her bail from the earlier unrelated charge.
The 21-year-old (pictured) is currently on bail but has lost her housing placement and is staying with a friend
Clarke then allegedly sat against a wall and refused police orders to get up as a female constable attempted to handcuff her.
It was then Clarke tried to throw a punch but missed the officer who was trying to handcuff her.
The accused was also said to be 'making a snorting noise then proceeded to spit saliva' at the female officer, which 'landed on her pants'.
Clarke tried to hold her ground as police dragged her to the caged paddy wagon and kicked a different female officer twice, according to police facts.
Once at Redfern Police Station, Clarke was being escorted to a custody dock when she lashed out saying 'don't f***ing touch me', police facts state.
As she fought them off, she once again kicked the second female officer 'in the groin' causing a lot of pain, and a male constable in the stomach.
Another male officer then took Clarke to the custody dock as she continued to resist and allegedly slapped him 'on the face'.
All alleged attacks were recorded on CCTV in the police station.
She was finally placed in time out due to her high levels of intoxication and was released on bail on the basis that she not drink alcohol and to attend the Kirkton Road Centre clinic.
She is a member of the Butchulla indigenous community on Queensland's Fraser Coast and has previously aspired to organising a festival of her culture.
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