Abstract
An Aboriginal woman was walking in a city street. It is suburban Melbourne. She has bought a small axe from the hardware store. To her this axe is a traditional woman’s tool. She paid for the axe. She has not done anything wrong. She has broken no laws. She is no threat to herself or to any other person. An armed policeman challenges her. He draws his pistol and shoots her dead.
Highlights
An Aboriginal woman was walking in a city street
She has bought a small axe from the hardware store
# This Aboriginal woman in Melbourne had been forcibly removed from her mother when she was less than three hours old
Summary
An Aboriginal woman was walking in a city street. It is suburban Melbourne. # The Commission into the Deaths in Custody studied the 99 most recent police murders of Aboriginal people. # This Aboriginal woman in Melbourne had been forcibly removed from her mother when she was less than three hours old. # The woman was able to find out where her family lived.
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