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Police officer found to have used excessive force, destroyed body-worn video in 'serious misconduct' case
A New South Wales police officer has been found to have engaged in serious misco...
Dechlan Brennan 18 Nov 2025
Officers 'breached right to silence' of Indigenous man in botched arrest
Police officers lacked common sense and basic respect for fairness by continuing...
Luke Costin 21 Oct 2024
Serious misconduct findings against three NSW officers for treatment of a vulnerable Aboriginal man in custody
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has made findings of serious misconduct a...
Giovanni Torre 18 Oct 2024
New report shows NSW police "rarely being held to account"
The peak Indigenous legal service in New South Wales has stated the findings fro...
Dechlan Brennan 1 Jul 2024
Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT calls for urgent action on police violating right to silence

The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) has called for urgent action by NSW Police and Attorney General in the wake of an independent inquiry finding "a systemic problem" around police interviewing vul...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 13, 2023
Redfern Legal Centre lawyer calls for systematic reform of NSW Police following Operation Mantus report

The plain clothed officer who tackled a 14-year-old First Nations child to the ground, causing them to sustain serious head injuries, should be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions, says th...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 13, 2023
Police watchdog recommends officer be charged with assaulting Aboriginal teenager

A NSW police officer used "excessive and unlawful" force when he tackled and repeatedly punched a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy, the state's police watchdog has alleged.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 26, 2023
Commission probes use of excessive force by New South Wales police against Indigenous boy

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) will begin examining the use of force by NSW Police Thursday, along with other systemic issues related to the arrest and detention of children.

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Dechlan Brennan May 25, 2023
Indigenous man fatally shot by NSW Police

Please note: This story contains reference to someone who has died. An Aboriginal man was shot dead by New South Wales Police on Tuesday. The man, identified as Stanley Russell, was shot by police at...

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NIT Nov 10, 2021
NSW Police cleared of misconduct for arrest that left Aboriginal teenager with "cheek torn apart"

The independent police watchdog found there was no misconduct by NSW Police officers involved in an arrest that left an Aboriginal boy with his "cheek torn apart".

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NIT Oct 28, 2021
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