This article contains information on deaths of First Nations people in custody and the names of people who are now deceased.
Do the names Mulrunji Doomadgee or Layla Leering or Fionica James mean anything to you? Have you heard of the case of Rebecca Maher? What about that of Kevin Henry?
If you are anything like me, an older white man in a position of privilege, you probably have heard of the first name. Mulrunji Doomadgee died in a Palm Island police cell in 2004 after an altercation with a police officer, Chris Hurley. Hurley was charged with manslaughter, but acquitted. You have probably heard of that case because it was written up in an acclaimed 2008 book, Chloe Hooper’s The Tall Man, later a documentary.
