Maude Nificent<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/BorderForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorderForce</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SystemicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p><p>Australian citizen detained 32 times at Sydney airport accuses border force of systemic racism</p><p><In court documents the federal government has argued there is no evidence that Igbinoba was ever discriminated against or targeted.<br>“There is not a skerrick of a basis to make such an allegation under the Racial Discrimination Act.”></p><p>well, duh. *under our legal system, discretionary decision-making power is delegated to people down the chain. *discretion allows people to act within tolerances - to lean in one direction or the other without this being called an error. *discrimination is systemic when the system allows discrimination to flourish un-checked. <br>*most of us in the dominant caste have met/ know/ are related to some people inordinately proud of their ability to go undetected as they exercise discretion with active bias </p><p><In its submissions, the federal government said “many of the officers … say they acted because there was an ‘alert’ attached to him as a person of interest which required them to carry out the instructions on the alert”.<br>The government said it opposed disclosing the details of any alerts placed on Igbinoba to the court, arguing these were “not relevant” to a case alleging racial discrimination.></p><p>our government at work, spending our money in court, and resorting to the Nuremberg defense? </p><p>i would suggest that if mr igbinoba is really so dodgy as to justify repeated system flags and 32 instances of detention, with no resulting fine or conviction, then the people protecting us are bloody hopeless at their jobs</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb/26/australian-citizen-detained-32-times-at-sydney-airport-accuses-border-force-of-systemic-racism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/law/2025/feb/2</span><span class="invisible">6/australian-citizen-detained-32-times-at-sydney-airport-accuses-border-force-of-systemic-racism</span></a></p>