Harrowing footage of the final moments of Ms Dhu's life will be publicly released after the 22-year-old's family won their fight to "show the world the truth" about how she was treated.
Ms Dhu, whose first name is not used for cultural reasons, died while spending three days locked up at South Hedland Police Station in August 2014 for $3622 of unpaid fines.
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Grandmother of Ms Dhu speaks outside court
Ms Dhu's grandmother, Carol Roe, became emotional when telling the media that black lives matter outside of court.
The woman's family initially opposed media requests to obtain the vision, which was repeatedly played during a coronial inquest into her death, but their lawyers later said they had reconsidered because it was in the public interest.
The damning footage, taken between August 2 and 4 at the police station's lock-up and Hedland Health Campus, shows Ms Dhu being dragged from her cell, handcuffed, while paralysed.
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She was then hauled, dying, into the back of a police vehicle and either died in transit, or on arrival at hospital.
Coroner Ros Fogliani, who is handing down her inquest findings on Friday, told the court she would release the footage publicly, except for vision of her last moments when she was possibly already dead, at her father's request.
She called the treatment of Ms Dhu at the police station as "inhumane and unprofessional".
"The circumstances around her death are tragic and disturbing," the coroner said, before extending her condolences to Ms Dhu's family.
She also made 11 recommendations, including a review of incarceration as a penalty for unpaid fines.
On Wednesday, Ms Dhu's grandmother Carol Roe said she wanted the world to know the truth.
"I hope the Coroner hands down the truth, then we will feel like there has been some justice, then we can put my girl to rest," she said.
"People need to see with their own eyes how my girl was treated.
"We all need to stand together and say enough is enough, no more Aboriginal deaths in custody."
"All Australians need to see this footage – we all need to stand together and say enough is enough, no more Aboriginal deaths in custody."
Ms Dhu died from pneumonia and an infection from a broken rib that went untreated after police officers and medical staff tending to her assumed she was a "junkie" faking her illness.
She was on her third visit to hospital in as many days while in custody.
The CCTV footage shows Ms Dhu in her cell, in the back of a police van and at hospital.
Some of it shows police dragging and carrying her limp body to a police van, while another clip shows an officer pulling Ms Dhu by the wrist to sit her up before dropping her, causing Ms Dhu to hit her head.
Aboriginal Legal Service WA chief executive Dennis Eggington said the family and the Aboriginal community had suffered enough, describing Ms Dhu's death as a cruel injustice.
"I hope the coroner gives the utmost consideration to the family's wishes and their need for healing," he said.
Human Rights Law Centre spokesperson Ruth Barson said it had been two years since Ms Dhu's "cruel" death but the Barnett Government continued to lock up people who could not pay their fines - a policy that disproportionately affected Aboriginal women.
"Western Australia desperately needs to fix its over-imprisonment crisis and to change its fines laws to be fair and flexible," she said.
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