DARWIN — A 20-year-old Aboriginal man was confined to a wheelchair on July 16 after being dragged behind a police wagon until the toenails and skin were torn off his feet.
Police spokespeople told the July 24 Sunday Territorian that the incident was an accident. They claim that the man had fallen out the back of the paddy wagon while he was sleeping. The police also claim they did not hear his cries for help. The Territorian reported that the man grabbed hold of the back door to drag himself back into the wagon.
Kathy Newnam
From Green Left Weekly, August 3, 2005.
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