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Tim Dornin

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Nt cop had team switch off body worn cams - The Untold Story

The police team sent to arrest Kumanjayi Walker was randomly selected, his inquest has heard. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Selection of an armed police team to arrest an Indigenous teenager in a remote Northern Territory community was "effectively random", an inquest into the 19-year-old's death has been told.

In evidence to the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, Senior Constable Shane McCormack said he had been tasked with contacting members of the Immediate Response Team to find four officers to head to Yuendumu in November 2019.

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