Aunty Tanya Day's Death in Custody: was systematic racism at play? | Incarceration Nation | NITV
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ย. 2024
- Yorta Yorta woman Aunty Tanya Day died after falling and hitting her head in a police cell.
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In 2017, Ms Day was arrested for being drunk in a public place after falling asleep on a train in Victoria. She was taken to Castlemaine Police Station and placed in a cell where she fell and hit her head. She died in hospital 17 days later after sustaining serious head injuries.
The following court case gained high profile, being the first-ever inquest into an Indigenous Death in Custody to consider systemic racism as a contributing factor to the cause of death.
During the 2019 inquest, the coroner found that the police had failed to take proper care for Ms Day's safety, security, health and welfare. Despite this, in 2020, The Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) did not lay charges against the two police officers involved.
In 2021, after years of Aunty Tanya Day's family fighting for justice and law reform, passed legislation to decriminalise public drunkenness. This was a move in response to the death of Ms Day, however, the decriminalisation of public drunkenness was a recommendation of the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody 30 years prior.
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I'd like to know who this vic police were. Seeing the footage , it was the duty of care which clearly shows the police had none. What pisses me off was they were attending to a white person as well when someone urgently needed medical attention. Condolences to the family , Victoria is getting worse for racisim, I go stay in a motel because I;m homeless and some hoteliers are not afraid to say what they feel about me. They call the police after I book in and I'm taken down the police for fraudlent card , later my bank confirms my card is not fraudlent and that I am the person. Do I get an apology from anyone, Its getting worse but more sneaky with people in suits and ties.
Australia ggoverment & authorities turning on their own now…
With hearts like yours, Australia still has the opportunity to be a beautiful country for everyone, unfortunately msm platforms blindly leading their audiences into WEFS plans whilst focusing on their racism!
RIP 🕊
This is sad
Indigenous-peoples-need-to-join-BRICS!
They need to go outside the country for assistance, Australia proudly preserves their systemic-oppression against their indigenous peoples!
The police conduct was so sickening, I can't watch the cell footage of Tanya, so awful. The brave, amazing and persistent work of her family and supporters I find awe-inspiring. We will never forget her.
Funny how we never see footage of white Australians dying in custody yet The rate is 4 times higher
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So many Aunties pissed , terrible .
Will these four times has many families grieving for white people that have died in custody but we don't hear about them
Indigenous peoples turn a blind eye to there problems and blame someone else. Not here to offend but she died because of issues on her community. A culture of no hope and blaming the past for your problems. Indigenous peoples need to help themselves, not blame.
What's the community got to do with her dying in a cell you racist Dog
What?! She died because those assholes kept her in a cell instead of giving her medical treatment or better call a hospital. They should be charged with murder.
At no time in this video did anyone "blame the past". There was no generalized blaming of anyone, just very objective facts that are well and truly backed up by the CCTV footage of someone sustaining a fatal injury. She died because she fell asleep on a train, not "issues in her community". Pretty hard to "help yourself" when you're dying of a cerebral hemorrhage in a concrete cell with no way of contacting anyone.
@@claremckechnie5623 she was incarcerated because of her own actions and issues in her community.
Get yourself out to remote western Australia and Northern territory and you'll see what police are dealing with! Seeing women and children being assaulted at the highest numbers in Australia. 4 to 5 times more likely to be sent to hospital by a family member...
The media choose to not report on theses issues but look at what police are doing.
What the hell are you talking about?? I didn't realise getting on a train from Echuca to Melbourne which is hours away from each other and having a little sleep while you're on it is wrong? She shouldn't of been locked up anyway firstly.... Secondly the police have clearly failed in there duty of care and the fact it's on CCTV showing there neglect the police officers should be fired from there jobs immediately!
So are you telling me every single aboriginal person in Australia has massive issues? And that they should only blame themselves? WOW
Who should be charged?
Rest in peace.Absolutly disgusting.
Charged.
I'm so sorry this happened. They should be changed.
Yes we need change but for all the white Australians that are dying in custody and the few Aborigines