Thread by @TracyWesterman

In Aust. Ms Dhu died in custody for unpaid fines. A victim of Dom violence. Asked for medical assistance didn’t receive it. No Charges. Mr Ward a respected elder, blew over the limit. Put in a police van & transported 4hrs without A/C. Was literally cooked alive, no charges 1/9

If you left your dog in the car, and it was cooked alive, you would be charged criminality. The AG decided that there was no 'reasonable prospect of conviction' for Mr Ward who was cooked alive in custody 2/9

JFW lost consciousness after being held on his stomach during a citizens arrest by a retired police officer; Ms Mandijarra lay dead on the floor of a watch house cell for up to 4 hours before it was noticed she was dead.3/9

LV went into respiratory failure while he was being held down, handcuffed & injected with a sedative. Tanya Day died in custody because police failed to conduct adequate checks and did not see her sustain the significant head injury that caused her death 4/9

David Dungay after guards rushed his cell to stop him eating biscuits, dragged him to another cell, then held him face down and had him injected with a sedative. Before he died he said 12 times that he could not breathe.5/9

& let’s not forget John Pat a 16 yr old boy beaten to death by police in front of (Aboriginal) witnesses. His revealed a fractured skull, haemorrhage & swelling, as well as bruising and tearing of the brain. Pat sustained massive blows to the head. Officers acquitted.6/9

Cam Doomadgee, 36 died in a police cell; locked up for being drunk. Died from massive internal injuries incl broken ribs, ruptured spleen, liver cleaved in 2 across his spine. The pathologist compared the injuries to those of plane crash victims. Police acquitted; compensated 7/9

Just some of the horrific cases in 450+ deaths of black ppl in custody. 50% had not been convicted but detained in custody by police; 40% asked for medical assist, didn’t get it. 25% inc in last yr alone of judges not giving bail to black ppl most charged with minor offences 8/9

This is why we need to keep saying loudly that 9/9 #BlackLivesMatter