Victoria's police chief has apologised unreservedly for actions that have traumatised Indigenous Victorians at the state's truth-telling inquiry.
"No person should die or sustain a serious illness or injury because of contact with the criminal justice system. Every death in police care or custody is tragic," Mr Patton said.
"The 'systemic racism, racist attitudes and discriminatory actions of police' over the last 170 years, it has been perpetuated with the intent of making us – First Peoples – disappear," Professor Bourke said. Yoorrook Justice Commission chair Professor Eleanor Bourke said Indigenous Victorians are targeted, attacked and harassed by police.
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