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In Aust. Ms Dhu died in custody for unpaid fines. A victim of Dom violence. Asked for medical assistance didn’t receive it. Mr Ward a respected elder, blew over the limit. Put in a police van & transported 4hrs without A/C. Was literally cooked alive, no charges 1/8
JFW lost consciousness after being held on his stomach during a citizens arrest by a retired police officer; Ms Mandijarra lay dead on the floor of a watch house cell for up to 4 hours before it was noticed she was dead.2/8
LV went into respiratory failure while he was being held down, handcuffed & injected with a sedative. Tanya Day died in custody because police failed to conduct adequate checks and did not see her sustain the significant head injury that caused her death.3/8
David Dungay after guards rushed his cell to stop him eating biscuits, dragged him to another cell, then held him face down and had him injected with a sedative. Before he died he said 12 times that he could not breathe.4/8
& let’s not forget John Pat a 16 yr old boy beaten to death by police in front of (Aboriginal) witnesses. His revealed a fractured skull, haemorrhage & swelling, as well as bruising and tearing of the brain. Pat sustained massive blows to the head. Officers acquitted.5/8
Cameron Doomadgee, 36, died in a police cell; locked up for being drunk. Died from massive internal injuries incl broken ribs, ruptured spleen, liver cleaved in 2 across his spine. The pathologist compared the injuries with those of plane crash victims. Police acquitted 6/8
Just some of the horrific cases in 450+ deaths of black ppl in custody. 50% had not been convicted but detained in custody by police; 40% asked for medical assist, didn’t get it. 25% inc in last yr alone of judges not giving bail to black ppl most charged with minor offences 7/8
