A First Nations peacemaker who died in custody after officers deployed capsicum spray to break up a nearby brawl is "much more than a statistic", an inquest has been told.

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Gregory Merriman, 58, was housed at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre in Sydney when a fight broke out among his fellow inmates on December 27, 2022.

CCTV of the incident shows the Yuin man was not involved in the brawl - in which one man was wielding a pole - but appeared to try and break it up before retreating towards his cell.

Mr Merri

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