Outtrage as an indigenous man dies in custody after he has been stopped by the police in the ugly airport incident

A native Australian died in the hospital after the federal police had prevented him from boarding an airplane when they claimed he was drunk.

It is the second death in detention in fourteen days in the northern territory, after that of young people Aboriginal Man Kumanjayi White On May 27 after he had been stopped by NT officers in a normal course in an Alice Springs-Supermarkt.

In the last incident, a 68-year-old man was prevented from participating from a flight from Darwin on 30 May after federal officers received reports that he had been intoxicated, the police said in a statement.

He was taken into protective custody – in the NT, someone who is intoxicated can be held for a maximum of 10 hours to protect himself and others – and drove to the Palmerston Watchhouse.

At one point, the Sergeant and Nurse detention considered it necessary to take him to the Royal Darwin Hospital for assessment. Upon arrival, federal officers noted that the man had lost consciousness, so that medical staff immediately started with resuscitation.

CPR efforts were successful and he was transferred to the Intensive Care department in a stable state for continuous treatment for what a suspected medical event was, said NT police.

The man died on Saturday at the ICU, nine days after he was brought in, and the police of NT said his close relatives had been informed. An official death in custody investigation is underway.

“The cause of the man’s death remains indefinite pending a post -mortem (exam),” said Territory Police.

The man who died after being held on Darwin Airport (photo) is the second death in fourteen days in the NT, after the young Aboriginal man Kumanjayi White on 27 May

“The incident is investigated as a death in custody because the man was in custody of the AFP at the time he first lost consciousness.”

In a statement on Sunday, a AFP spokesperson said people in protective detention did not arrest and the man was “not held by AFP officers at any time.”

The AFP confirmed that the man was held under the public intoxication part of the NT Police Administration Act.

The man was taken to the hospital so that he “could be controlled while sobering” and he did not present medical worries during transport, the spokesperson said.

But when he arrived in the hospital, “he experienced a sudden and serious medical episode” and lost consciousness.

The officers involved are supported by AFP welfare officers.

NT Police will prepare a report for the coroner.

In the case of Mr. White, rallies go throughout the country to demand right, and call for an independent investigation into his death.

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