Lex Wotton said he can finally relax after the Queensland government dropped its appeal against a Federal Court ruling that found police had been racist in their response to riots on Palm Island in 2004.
Attorney-General Yvette D鈥橝th announced the government was withdrawing the appeal on February 28, 鈥渉aving received legal advice about the State鈥檚 prospects of success鈥.
The initial Federal Court ruling, handed down last December, found police had breached the Racial Discrimination Act during community unrest after the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee, and awarded $220,000 in damages to Wotton and his family.
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