[imagecaption] Ms Dhu’s Nana, Carol Roe, and sister, Yolanda, plant a desert rose outside the South Hedland Police Station for Ms Dhu, 2015. Photo: Sebastian Neuweiller and Tyne Logan. [/imagecaption]
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The only member of the police force who showed any concern for Ms Dhu’s wellbeing was the most junior officer present, a fact that, as Michael Brull suggests, ‘tells us something important about the institutionalisation of racism among Australian police’.
The South Hedland Police have persistently denied they have a cultural problem; however, Ms Dhu’s death can be situated against a series of prior allegations of racism and misconduct.
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