Aboriginal community reject Mulrunji review appointment : Melbourne Indymedia

The Queensland Government has appointed Sir Laurence Street to give a second opinion on the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP) decision not to charge a policeman over the 2004 death.

But the indigenous community have rejected the appointment of Laurence Street and have expressed that the appointed by the Queensland Government to only investigate whether it is reasonable or not to prosecute Sergeant Chris Hurley is not enough.

Aboriginal activist Andreas Berg said, "There are many other cases of alleged injustice, wrong charges, maltreatment by police, biased approach, etc, such as Vincent Berg's case, for example."

"What we need is a parliamentary commission undertaking a broad and deep investigation of Queensland Police and Prosecution practices."

"It is crucial for such a Commission to announce publicly phone, fax, and e-mail hotlines for complaints against Queensland Police and Prosecution. It is time to analyse what has been really improved since Fitzerald's Commission, what is not, and what further actions must be performed to make Queensland justice system efficiently functioning within democratic society."

A coroner had found Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley was responsible for the death of the man known as Mulrunji but DPP Leanne Clare found it appeared to be accidental.

The State Government was forced to appoint someone new to lead the review after its original choice, retired judge Pat Shanahan, quit over a perceived conflict of interest but unfortunately have choses one of their own and that's simply not good enough.

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STRAIGHT FROM THE BOYS CLUB WILL HE DO THE JOB? BUT WHO FOR? QLD AND THE POLICE BOYS CLUB. NO DOUBT!

WE WANT A BLACK FELLA TO HEAD ANY REVIEW OF THE CASE. THE WHITE DPP HAD THEIR CHANCE AND BLEW IT! WE WANT THE TRUTH ABOUT A PALM ISLAND DEATH IN CUSTODY NOT A GOV'T STOOGE TO ONCE AGAIN TURN THE FACTS ON THEIR HEAD AND OVER TO THE POLICE THIN BLUE LINE FOR A PROMOTION AND ANOTHER BLACK WHACK DOWN THE TRACK!

http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/135482.php

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