"The establishment of a Royal Commission into Black deaths in custody alone has solved nothing. In the first 2 years following the announcement of the Commission, another 32 Aboriginal people died in custody ... A comparison of the non-Aboriginal population would indicate that 2,562 non-Aboriginal people would have died ... Together with these figures 7 the repressive actions of the police & prison officers, supported by Federal & State governments, what we are describing is very much akin to government-supported 'Death Squads' operating in Australia." — Committee to Defend Black Rights.
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