venetia_sassy | Island paradise that isn't

Chloe Hooper's book, The Tall Man, has been on my To Buy At Some Point list and after watching the documentary based on the book, I know I'll have to get it.

Palm Island is a stunningly beautiful island off the coast of Queensland. 'On November 19, 2004, Palm Island resident Cameron Doomadgee was arrested by Senior-Sergeant Chris Hurley and taken to the local lock-up. A short time later, he was dead.'

I watched the first half hour barely able to hold back splutters. No wonder there were riots! The police practically followed a step-by-step guide of How To Provoke A Riot. And it just kept going. It was a breathtaking display of white privilege and 'all cops together'. And a police union rep actually claimed on camera that Aboriginals and police were competing minorities.

I had to take a rage break at that point. It was incredible.

I'd read news reports and so on but seeing it all laid out ... and Hurley is still a serving police officer.