Article 5S5BG Stanley Russell: why did NSW police shoot an Aboriginal man dead in a Sydney house?

Stanley Russell: why did NSW police shoot an Aboriginal man dead in a Sydney house?

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Lorena Allam and Carly Earl
from World news | The Guardian on (#5S5BG)

A visit to arrest Russell on an outstanding warrant turned to tragedy. His family want an explanation

There are bullet holes in Pam Saha's laundry wall. There's also a bullet mark in the floor and, nearby, what appears to be a bloodstain. There's another reddish stain, with the pattern of a boot in it, visible in flaking paint on thefloor. None were there before NSW police arrived 10 days ago.

The officers came to Saha's house in north-western Sydney to arrest her nephew Stanley Russell, and ended up shooting him dead. The circumstances surrounding it are now the subject of an internal investigation.

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