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Watchdog Condemns Wrongful Arrest of Indigenous Teen
The report found officers used race as a descriptor and missed a 20-minute delay that left them without key intelligence.
Summary by The West Australian
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Police inappropriately searched Aboriginal teen after mistaken gunpoint arrest
The ACT Ombudsman finds police inappropriately, and seemingly unlawfully, searched a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy after mistakenly arresting him at gunpoint on a bus in Canberra's south last year.
·Ultimo, Australia
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Police slammed for illegally searching Aboriginal teen in 'mistaken identity' gunpoint arrest
The watchdog found ACT Policing illegally searched the 17-year-old Canberra boy, had a problematic understanding of 'racial profiling' and potentially acted with unconscious bias.
·Canberra, Australia
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Leaning Left2Leaning Right1Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
L 50%
C 25%
R 25%
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