Kumanjayi Langdon “was treated like a criminal, incarcerated like a criminal, and died in a police cell built for criminals.” These are the words of the coroner that investigated the Indigenous Elder’s death in prison. Kumanjayi died just three hours after police arrested him for public drinking – an offence that normally carries only a $114 fine.
Alarmingly, his arrest was without any paperwork, which is now legal in the NT. ‘Paperless arrests’ are happening in the NT right now. NT police can lock up adults and kids without paperwork and without charge. Under a law that’s barely eight months old, police have already used this power 1,800 times, overwhelmingly against Indigenous people.
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