The “Aboriginal deaths in custody” thing is a joke. They count an Aboriginal that stole a car, took off when they saw the sirens turn on behind them, and immediately crashed into a power pole killing themself instantly, as a “Aboriginal death in custody”. They counted a few young teenage Aboriginals who were committing a break and enter/robbery, who ran when the police rocked up while they were in the act, then jumped into a river to try and escape the police and drowned, as an “Aboriginal death in custody”.
An aboriginal person going on a mass shooting rampage at a school, who was shot dead by police, would be counted as an “Aboriginal death in custody” and used as a stat to say how Indigenous people are being treated poorly ffs. This is from the definition btw:
In cases where police were clearly in the process of detaining or attempting to detain a person immediately prior to their death, such as during shootings, sieges, raids and pursuits, the person is considered to have been in custody at the time of death.
When you actually look at the data that the royal commission found, it’s a complete joke. There’s nothing to actually do because there’s not an actual problem.
The “Aboriginal deaths in custody” thing is a joke. They count an Aboriginal that stole a car, took off when they saw the sirens turn on behind them, and immediately crashed into a power pole killing themself instantly, as a “Aboriginal death in custody”. They counted a few young teenage Aboriginals who were committing a break and enter/robbery, who ran when the police rocked up while they were in the act, then jumped into a river to try and escape the police and drowned, as an “Aboriginal death in custody”.
An aboriginal person going on a mass shooting rampage at a school, who was shot dead by police, would be counted as an “Aboriginal death in custody” and used as a stat to say how Indigenous people are being treated poorly ffs. This is from the definition btw:
Source: https://www.aic.gov.au/explanatory-notes
Those are the explanatory notes for this: https://www.aic.gov.au/statistics/deaths-custody-australia
When you actually look at the data that the royal commission found, it’s a complete joke. There’s nothing to actually do because there’s not an actual problem.