Gnads wrote on May 15
th, 2016 at 5:01pm:
mothra wrote on May 15
th, 2016 at 12:30am:
ian wrote on May 15
th, 2016 at 12:25am:
Raven wrote on May 15
th, 2016 at 12:22am:
Further evidence.
Let's look at Australia Day. Alcohol abuse and violence.
New Years Eve. Alcohol abuse and violence.
Let's look at major Aboriginal events
NADIOC week. No alcohol abuse or violence reported.
Survival Day concerts. No alcohol abuse or violence reported.
Christmas, Easter, f.uck it every public holiday. No reports of Aboriginal violence.
We have them beat every time.
Abos dont need special days.
Yet the majority of crime committed is by white folk.
Do you think they need special days?
And you are the same people whining about over-representation of Aboriginals in our prison populations & deaths in custody.
The over-representation isn't just for unlicensed driving.
Always having one each way ey?
True, the last death in custody in the NT was for a man who was arrested under the NT's "paperless" arrest laws. These laws allow police to arrest people for minor infractions and hold them without charge for 4 hours without any paperwork.
Mr Langdon, a 59 year old male was arrested by police for sitting in a park, minding his own business. As Counsel assisting the coroner Peggy Dwyer told the inquest
Quote: He had committed no crime, but was detained by police because he had been seen drinking liquid from a bottle in a public place
As the Coroner himself said
Quote:he was not causing a disruption before or during his arrest and at all times was polite and cooperative
3 hours after being arrested he was dead.
Then there was the woman in WA who was in custody due to unpaid fines.
Ms Dhu died from staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia, following an infection in her fractured ribs that spread to her lungs.
She told police a number of times she was in pain and needed to go to hospital. However, according to a Senior Constable testifying at the inquest the Sergeant told her she was "A fu.cking junkie who was faking her illness"
She went to the health clinic three times in as many days before her broken ribs were discovered and treatment administered. By then it was too late.
Two nurses also testified that the Sergeant told them she was faking her illness.