Australian state ordered to pay discrimination damages. (New South Wales; race discrimination against Aborigine Wes Patten)(Brief Article)

From: Jet | Date: February 10, 1997 | Copyright information

The state of New South Wales in Australia was recently ordered to pay $20,000 in damages to an Aborigine who the courts said was discriminated against by police.

Wes Patten, 22, was subjected to a racist slur when a state policeman called him a "coon" in a documentary shown on television,...

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