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[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

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.