The high court did not invalidate the ‘catch and release’ paperless arrest laws on Wednesday,but it did limit their operation – a step in the apt directionKumanjayi Langdon’s funeral will be held next week at Yuendemu in the Northern Territory. He was a much loved and respected Warlpiri elder. He died in May, alone in a Darwin police cell, or after being locked up under the Northern Territory’s controversial “paperless arrest” laws. His crime was drinking in a public situation,an offence that carries a $74 fine.
At the conclusion of the coronial inquest into why Kumanjayi Langdon died in police custody, the Coroner concluded that he died of natural causes but was “entitled to die as a free man”.
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Source: theguardian.com