Police who violently strip-searched a handcuffed Aboriginal man have not been investigated criminally in an "alleged very serious instance of institutional failure," a barrister has argued.
This is despite an internal Australian Federal Police investigation finding one of the officers involved, Sergeant Scott Budd, had engaged in corrupt conduct and used excessive force.
Mr Budd is one of several police officers who, in March 2024, took Daniel into a cell at the watchhouse, pinned him against a wall and stripped him naked in an unlawful, violent strip search.
