Aboriginal land councils and the Northern Territory's anti-discrimination commissioner are the latest to join calls for an independent review into racism in the NT Police Force.
The Northern Territory 's anti-discrimination commissioner is supporting calls for an independent review into systemic racism in the NT Police Force.
Last month, an NT Independent Commissioner Against Corruption and NT Police joint investigation into racism within the force handed down its final report,The Central Land Council released a statement last Thursday criticising the findings for not reflecting the racism experienced by Aboriginal people."There is no Aboriginal Territorian alive who has not witnessed or experienced racist acts by the police," CLC chair Warren Japanangka Williams said.
"Aside from the recent ICAC review which probably was problematic in itself … a lot of the other reviews were done internally, either within police or other government agencies," he said. "Otherwise, it will be another funding for failure and we’re going to disappoint community again," he said.The Northern Land Council released a statement in November in response to the NT ICAC report's findings and said systemic racism "is not just a relic of the past".
In a statement, an NT government spokesperson said significant reform was underway and would include an anti-racism strategy to be implemented early next year by NT Police.
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