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NT ELECTION MILILMA MAY

Danggalaba Kulumbirigin Tiwi woman Mililma May who is running as an independent in the seat of Nightcliff poses for a photograph in Nightcliff, Drawin, in Darwin, Wednesday, August 21, 2024. (AAP Image/(A)manda Parkinson). Source: AAP / (A)MANDA PARKINSON/AAPIMAGE

E na o le 12 masina e va'ava'aia ai i se fa'atonuga a le fa'amasinoga i le Northern Territory Supreme Court se tama papalagi e ui na so'a e lana ta'avale ma maliu ai se ali'i o se tama Aboriginal ma seisi ali'i o se tagata muamua fo'i na matuia ona manu'aga.


E le'i tu le ta'avale na 'aveina e Jake Danby, 24 tausaga le matua, ina ua taia ma lavevea ai ni ali'i Aboriginal se to'a lua i le Northern Territory.

Na maliu se tasi o i la'ua, ae matuia manu'aga o le isi.

O le itu o loo sili ona tiga ai finagalo o tagata muamua i le mata'upu lenei, ona na fa'ailoa i ni text na tusia ma lafoina e Danby i ana uo ni ona manatu fa'ailoga lanu ma le alofa i tagata na a'afia i le fa'alavelave.

Na ia fa'aigoaina o 'maile' i la'ua na a'afia ma fa'atauemu i le tulaga mafatia o aiga ma uo a ali'i Aboriginal na lavevea i lana ta'avale.

Na saunoa Mililma May, o le fa'alapotopotoga le Change the Record o loo finauina aia tatau a tagata muamua ma le tulafono, o le faai'uga lenei ua atagia ai le vaai a le tulafono i tagata muamua i le Northern Territory.

"They operate with one set of rules for Aboriginal people and another set of rules for everyone else. When a police officer can fire three shots at Kumanjayi Walker and be acquitted, or when the family of Kumanjayi White waits in anguish to see whether the charges will even be laid for the death of their grandson - but then we see a non-Aboriginal man who kills an Aboriginal man and doesn't end up with a sentence. It reinforces our absolute distrust in these institutions."

Na saunoa fo'i Matthew Connop le faatonu o le North Australia Aboriginal Justice Agency, poo le NAAJA, o lafoga na faia i le text a Danby e matua mata'utia i le faailoga lanu.

"In terms of this case, it demonstrates the broader systemic issues that exist in the Northern Territory. You look at the comments and the language used by the offender, the racist comments and dehumanising comments. It's a total disregard for human life."

O le isi itu o loo sili ona faitioina ai le fa'ai'uga e fa'asaoina Jake Danby mai se fa'asalaga i le falepuipui ae va'ava'aia i le 12 masina corrections order, ona ua iloa e iai le so'otaga fa'ale'aiga o Jake Danby ma le loia sili i le Northern Territory. O le na molia o se tama a le uso o le loia sili Marie-Clare Boothby.

Fa'amata ana o le 'ave ta'avale na molia o se tama Aboriginal, ae o le na maliu ma le na matuia manu'aga o ni tama papalagi, o le fa'ai'uga lea e aumaia e le Northern Territory Supreme Court?

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