The murder trial and acquittal of police constable Zachary Rolfe for the death of Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker highlighted long-lasting societal issues.
The murder trial and acquittal of police constable Zachary Rolfe for the death of Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker highlighted long-lasting societal issues.
Kumanjayi Walker’s killing by police is an end product of decades of escalating state repression of indigenous communities, government social spending cuts and endemic poverty.
Constable Zachary Rolfe, 30, who fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker, 19 during an arrest in Alice Springs, NT, says he was trained to pull the trigger until an offender is incapacitated.
Murder-accused cop Zachary Rolfe, who fired fatal second and third shots into an Aboriginal teenager was not reasonable or necessary, an expert witness has told a Darwin jury.