Family of Indigenous man who died in custody say justice 'won't be done' as NSW coroner hands down findings >:(

"There's gotta be change in jail, same as there's gotta be change out here … black deaths have to stop, you know, there's just been too many black deaths."

And yet ... he doesn't exactly look black.  In fact he doesn't look black at all ... his DNA would be predominantly white. 

Coroner - His death was a result of natural causes.

He had a bad heart and it's not difficult to understand why considering their drinking habits. 

How about a bit of responsibility for a change?  If he hadn't been offending, he wouldn't have been in jail in the first place. 

The only tragedy here is the ABC committing a crime of truth

its not just black deaths - they kill white ppl in custody too

Spot

Aquarius wrote on Mar 7^th, 2026 at 8:34am:

"There's gotta be change in jail, same as there's gotta be change out here … black deaths have to stop, you know, there's just been too many black deaths." And yet ... he doesn't exactly look black.  In fact he doesn't look black at all ... his DNA would be predominantly white.  Coroner - His death was a result of natural causes. He had a bad heart and it's not difficult to understand why considering their drinking habits.  How about a bit of responsibility for a change?  If he hadn't been offending, he wouldn't have been in jail in the first place.

How many times do you hear that same bullshyte?

Blacks are not the only ones to die in custody.

The simple solution is don't do the crime & you won't do the time.

Merriman had very little Aboriginal blood.

To call him black is a huge misnomer.

And uncle doing a smoking ceremony? - just following the BS trend of pretence.

Brian Ross wrote on Mar 6^th, 2026 at 5:22pm:

Family of Indigenous man who died in custody say justice 'won't be done' as NSW coroner hands down findings >:(

Why do so many Abos GET into custody??  What happened to going on a long walkabout instead?

Don't get into custody and you won't die in custody. Hello??!!?

Must be some kind of extreme claustrophobia among the indigenous community.

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 6:59pm:

Must be some kind of extreme claustrophobia among the indigenous community.

'we are criminal coz we are claustrophobic, bro.'

gissa VB.


Everyone else is exected to control their own behaviour.

Abos are exceptions.
Abos controllng themselves is submitting to colonialissm.

Frank wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 7:09pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 6:59pm: Must be some kind of extreme claustrophobia among the indigenous community. 'we are criminal coz we are claustrophobic, bro.' gissa VB. Everyone else is exected to control their own behaviour. Abos are exceptions. Abos controllng themselves is submitting to colonialissm.

What I mean is that the indigenous Australians are dying in custody. Traditionally, indigenous Australians live in open country. Being indoors for many hours of the day is considered claustrophobic by some people. If indigenous Australians cannot handle being locked up for some time, it might be assumed that they are unable to stay indoors for long.

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 9:51pm:

Frank wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 7:09pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 6:59pm: Must be some kind of extreme claustrophobia among the indigenous community. 'we are criminal coz we are claustrophobic, bro.' gissa VB. Everyone else is exected to control their own behaviour. Abos are exceptions. Abos controllng themselves is submitting to colonialissm. What I mean is that the indigenous Australians are dying in custody. Traditionally, indigenous Australians live in open country. Being indoors for many hours of the day is considered claustrophobic by some people.If indigen ous Australians cannot handle being locked up for some time, it might be assumed that they are unable to stay indoors for long.

When my sons were doing their police training, they were taught about how to deal with Aboriginals and their offending.  The reason there is so much abo offending they were told is because abos do most of their offending in public.  They drink in public - at bus stops, in parks, etc.  And their drinking leads to fighting in public on the streets and in shopping malls etc. And this puts the safety of other people going about their daily lives at risk.  Hence being taken into custody.

Obviously the reason there are so many arrests for this antisocial behaviour is because they do it in public and therefore come to the attention of patrolling police. 

So not sure about the claustrophobia, but they definitely do most of their offending out on the streets in public. If they drank and passed out blind drunk at home they wouldn't come to attention from the police and wouldn't see the inside of police cells quite so often.    ::)

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 9:51pm:

Frank wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 7:09pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 6:59pm: Must be some kind of extreme claustrophobia among the indigenous community. 'we are criminal coz we are claustrophobic, bro.' gissa VB. Everyone else is exected to control their own behaviour. Abos are exceptions. Abos controllng themselves is submitting to colonialissm. What I mean is that the indigenous Australians are dying in custody. Traditionally, indigenous Australians live in open country. Being indoors for many hours of the day is considered claustrophobic by some people. If indigenous Australians cannot handle being locked up for some time, it might be assumed that they are unable to stay indoors for long.

Must've been hard living in them caves and indoors during cold winters and such and painting all those rock walls.

I reckon this is ball's kite.

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 9:51pm:

Frank wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 7:09pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 6:59pm: Must be some kind of extreme claustrophobia among the indigenous community. 'we are criminal coz we are claustrophobic, bro.' gissa VB. Everyone else is exected to control their own behaviour. Abos are exceptions. Abos controllng themselves is submitting to colonialissm. What I mean is that the indigenous Australians are dying in custody. Traditionally, indigenous Australians live in open country. Being indoors for many hours of the day is considered claustrophobic by some people. If indigenous Australians cannot handle being locked up for some time, it might be assumed that they are unable to stay indoors for long.

Yeah that old BS line has had it's day. This bloke is as white as snow ..... and most urban Aboriginals are neither culturally or traditionally Aboriginal to which that scenario is supposed to apply.

Aquarius wrote on Mar 9^th, 2026 at 10:19am:

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 9:51pm: Frank wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 7:09pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 8th, 2026 at 6:59pm: Must be some kind of extreme claustrophobia among the indigenous community. 'we are criminal coz we are claustrophobic, bro.' gissa VB. Everyone else is exected to control their own behaviour. Abos are exceptions. Abos controllng themselves is submitting to colonialissm. What I mean is that the indigenous Australians are dying in custody. Traditionally, indigenous Australians live in open country. Being indoors for many hours of the day is considered claustrophobic by some people.If indigen ous Australians cannot handle being locked up for some time, it might be assumed that they are unable to stay indoors for long. When my sons were doing their police training, they were taught about how to deal with Aboriginals and their offending.  The reason there is so much abo offending they were told is because abos do most of their offending in public.  They drink in public - at bus stops, in parks, etc.  And their drinking leads to fighting in public on the streets and in shopping malls etc. And this puts the safety of other people going about their daily lives at risk.  Hence being taken into custody. Obviously the reason there are so many arrests for this antisocial behaviour is because they do it in public and therefore come to the attention of patrolling police.  So not sure about the claustrophobia, but they definitely do most of their offending out on the streets in public. If they drank and passed out blind drunk at home they wouldn't come to attention from the police and wouldn't see the inside of police cells quite so often.    ::)

Yeah nah ... they still get stirred up or wake up and bash the missus or someone else.

The cops get called to their houses too.

Gnads wrote on Mar 9^th, 2026 at 5:17pm:

Yeah that old BS line has had it's day. This bloke is as white as snow ..... and most urban Aboriginals are neither culturally or traditionally Aboriginal to which that scenario is supposed to apply.

Having grown up around a region where 10% of the residents are considered indigenous, I see the variations of indigenousness all around. Some indigenous people are very urbanised. Others have come in from remote areas to make a go of civilisation. But those that do commit crimes seem to have this unmistakeable idea that they don't want to live locked up, given that they reject committing a crime according to their cultural/racial background.

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 10^th, 2026 at 6:29pm:

Gnads wrote on Mar 9th, 2026 at 5:17pm: Yeah that old BS line has had it's day. This bloke is as white as snow ..... and most urban Aboriginals are neither culturally or traditionally Aboriginal to which that scenario is supposed to apply. Having grown up around a region where 10% of the residents are considered indigenous, I see the variations of indigenousness all around. Some indigenous people are very urbanised. Others have come in from remote areas to make a go of civilisation. But those that do commit crimes seem to have this unmistakeable idea that they don't want to live locked up, given that they reject committing a crime according to their cultural/racial background.

The only ones coming into Rocky are from Woorabinda.

Lot of mixed breeds from there too. It's no different to those from Cherbourg near Murgon.

They aren't tribal traditional people.

Driving Mercedes Benzes is traditional