Case Study

street ended up dead in a police cell later.

− The case was not treated as a homicide - death in police custody

− Indigenous felt they were treated differently compared to the people in the white town.

− There was no shouting, just movement to the police station

− "They are going to kill the first white people they see"

− "We've got nowhere to run" - they are the faces of the system.

− They were making phone calls to their love ones. Thinking that they weren't going to make it out alive.

− "scare the shit out of these cunts"

− "All crap. All bullshit"

− there were 17 people arrested for being in the riot.

− It was payback for burning down the station. "Coppa payback"

− Chris hurley had a commitment tried to make a difference to the community.

− Police have a lot of power in isolated areas.

− "says something that he became friends fast with him"

− "I'm a racist and I need to change." - unwanting and unworthy, personal battle. System of oppressions, changing people.

− "very well liked"

− "he's a bit of a comical man"

− catalyst incident - people in the community came together they can make a change in the world.

− Sometimes in injustice you just want to be heard and have your story told

3 months after death: First inquest

− You are going into a parallel universe. - one hard to not be completely overwhelmed.

− there was still a sense of hope in the gymnasium that something was going to happen. There is a trust/ faith in the legal system.

− Injuries only equivalent to a high speed car or plane crash.

− Senior Sgt Hurley's video statement recorded 20th November 2004

o There was fall in the police station

o Others described it as a slip

− Roy Bramwell: 'no, he just brang him in. There was no slip.'

− Describes seeing his feet which was at the bottom of a filing cabinet

− Saw