‘Staggering’: watchdog condemns police after Indigenous teenager on bus wrongfully arrested – then searched
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- The Guardian Worldseen 24 Aug, 22:48description edited
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Ombudsman Iain Anderson says he is concerned police ‘had no clearly understood definition of racial profiling’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The commonwealth and ACT ombudsman has criticised the Australian federal police for failing to clearly define “racial profiling” after police in Canberra pulled guns on an Indigenous teenager who they mistook for a suspect in an aggravated burglary. The scathing investigation, released on Tuesday, made eight recommendations...Ombudsman Iain Anderson says he is concerned police ‘had no clearly understood definition of racial profiling’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The commonwealth and ACT ombudsman has criticised the Australian federal police for failing to clearly define “racial profiling” after police in Canberra pulled guns on an Indigenous teenager they mistook for a suspect in an aggravated burglary. The scathing...
- ABC News (Australia)seen 25 Aug, 05:09headline rewritten
Police inappropriately searched 'innocent, mistakenly arrested' Aboriginal teenPolice criticised over 'potentially lethal' arrest after pulling innocent teen from bus at gunpoint
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Mon, 24 August 2026
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Police inappropriately searched 'innocent, mistakenly arrested' Aboriginal teenThe ACT Ombudsman finds police inappropriately, and seemingly unlawfully, searched a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy after mistakenly arresting him at gunpoint on a bus in Canberra's south last year.
Tue, 25 August 2026
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Ombudsman Iain Anderson says he is concerned police ‘had no clearly understood definition of racial profiling’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The commonwealth and ACT ombudsman has criticised the Australian federal police for failing to clearly define “racial profiling” after police in Canberra pulled guns on an Indigenous teenager they mistook for a suspect in an aggravated burglary. The scathing...