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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Smee

Queensland police’s lack of body camera footage of fatal Mareeba shooting labelled a ‘farce’

Queensland police confirmed that the tactical officers who shot Aboriginal man Aubrey Donahue last month were not wearing body cameras at the time.
Queensland police confirmed that the tactical officers who shot Aboriginal man Aubrey Donahue last month were not wearing body cameras at the time. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Civil liberties campaigner Terry O’Gorman says it is a “farce and an absurdity” that tactical police who shot Aboriginal man Aubrey Donahue were not wearing body cameras, and has called for immediate changes to Queensland police policy.

In a statement, O’Gorman, who is the vice president of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, also called for enforceable consequences for police union officials making presumptive comments in the aftermath of police-involved incidents.

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