Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Death of Ms Dhu

Death of Ms Dhu

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 4, 2019 by Ealdgyth - Talk 17:35, 27 July 2019 (UTC)



Ms Dhu was a 22-year-old Australian Aboriginal woman who died in police custody in Western Australia on August 4, 2014. Dhu had been arrested two days earlier for unpaid fines, and was required to serve four days in custody to clear part of the debt. While detained, Dhu complained of pain and was taken to hospital. Police accused her of faking her condition, and medical staff believed her complaints were exaggerated and suspected drug withdrawal. Dhu died shortly after arriving on her third visit to hospital. The cause of death was an infection due to three-month-old rib fractures caused by her partner. An internal police investigation found 11 officers had not complied with regulations or were guilty of misconduct. A coronial inquest found that she suffered "unprofessional and inhumane" handling by police and "deficient" treatment from hospital staff. The inquest recommended not imprisoning people for unpaid fines and introducing a Custody Notification Scheme.
 * Most recent similar article(s): I'm not sure if there's ever been an article like this at TFA. Not for a very long time at least.
 * Main editors: Damien Linnane
 * Promoted: June 30, 2018
 * Reasons for nomination: 5th anniversary of death
 * Support as nominator. Damien Linnane (talk) 01:16, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Good to see you back here, Damien. 1087 characters ... they need to be 925-1025 these days, can you trim it a little? - Dank (push to talk) 02:49, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Copying and pasting it into Microsoft Word told me it's 1022 characters including spaces. I've trimmed it a little regardless so it's now telling me its 1009. Can you take another look at the count? Thanks. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 04:28, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I get 1027 now, which is fine. (We count "Full article..."). - Dank (push to talk) 04:30, 23 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Strong support article is on a rarely discussed and topical subject, Australian Aboriginal deaths in police custody. The article is in great nick. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 10:33, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Aoba47 (talk) 22:28, 9 July 2019 (UTC)