(There have been almost 600 First Nations people killed in custody since the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, including at least 10 this year. Only one of the 339 recommendations handed down by that commission has been implemented:)

Statistics ?
https://www.aic.gov.au/statistics/deaths-custody-australia

Hope ?https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/04/a-glimpse-of-hope-then-another-death-in-custody-grief-stricken-campaigners-mourn-lack-of-progress-ntwnfb

#DeathsinCustody #FirstNations #Walpiri #Yuendumu

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/30/family-of-warlpiri-man-who-died-after-being-restrained-by-police-in-supermarket-demand-independent-inquiry-ntwnfb

#deathincustody #FirstNations #walpiri

(Note: Predictably NT police released a statement rejecting calls for an independent investigation into the death in custody.
There have been 9 deaths in custody in 2025)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-30/nt-alice-springs-indigenous-death-in-custody-vigil-police/105357588

#deathincustody #FirstNations #Walpiri