Melbourne police chased car at high speed because it looked ‘dodgy’, death in custody inquest told

Raymond Noel Lindsay Thomas, an Aboriginal man, was killed in a crash just a minute after officers spotted his vehicle

An inquest into a death in custody has heard that police drove at more than 130km/h on a residential Melbourne street to follow a car driven by an Aboriginal man because they thought his car looked “dodgy”.

Raymond Noel Lindsay Thomas was killed in a crash on Victoria Street in Thornbury on 25 June 2017 after he crossed to the wrong side of the road and accelerated heavily to get away from police.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/22/melbourne-police-chased-car-at-high-speed-because-it-looked-dodgy-aboriginal-death-in-custody-inquest-told-raymond-noel-lindsay-thomas