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The Age has reported that Shani Cassidy, whose son, Tyler Cassidy, was shot during a confrontation with police in 2008, has made a complaint to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Shani Cassidy is claiming that Tyler's death was not investigated in an impartial manner.

See They didn't even ask his name: UN asked to probe police shooting (The Age, 30 May 2012).