Ebook: Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island

In 2004 on Palm Island, an Aboriginal settlement in the "deep north" of Australia, Doomadgee was arrested for swearing at a white police officer. Forty minutes later he was dead in the jailhouse, his liver ruptured. This account goes to the heart of a struggle for power, revenge, and justice.;Cover; Colophon; ALSO BY CHLOE HOOPER; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; ONE; The Island; The Death; The Investigation; The Family; The Riot; Belief; The Inquest; TWO; Doomadgee; Burketown; THREE; The Inquest Resumes; The Funeral; The Submissions; The Findings; The Rally; FOUR; The Trial; The Accused; Amazing Grace; The Verdict; Postscript; Acknowledgments