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  • 1 year ago
The NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has apologised for injustices and harm inflicted on the Indigenous community by police over the past 150 years.
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00:00I'm deeply sorry to all Aboriginal Territorians for the past harms and injustices caused by
00:15members of the Northern Territory Police.
00:17I know that I cannot change or undo the past, but as a Police Commissioner, alongside with
00:24our Police Officers, we can commit to not repeat mistakes and injustices of the past.
00:43It's not just the racism that people may say that they face when they deal with Police
00:50Forces, the Police Officers on the street, it will also be looking at policies, legislation.
01:06Would you encourage other Police Commissioners to do this?
01:08One of the things, well it's up to them, but in general it's a good idea to acknowledge
01:14history and to acknowledge that why we are here today is because of that history.
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