FOUND: 4 - What They Never Told You

Kumanjayi Walker inquest: NT officer says she would not have requested police help if she knew of racist texts

Sergeant tells inquest she would not have allowed specialist response unit into Yuendumu if she had known of their ‘racist and derogatory’ views

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2022

Police texts in Kumanjayi Walker case another sordid example of systemic racism in Australia's legal system

This article contains information on deaths in custody, racist language and violence experienced by First Nations people in encounters with the Australian justice system. It also contains references to and the names of people who have passed away.

The Conversation · Sep 20, 2022

Racist texts, cover-up allegations: Kumanjayi Walker inquest poses big questions for police

This week extraordinary allegations were vented in an Alice Springs court that raise wider issues for the Northern Territory and its police force

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2022

NT cop 'had the devil in his eyes'

An inquest has been told that an NT police officer acquitted of the murder of Kumanjayi Walker "had the devil in his eyes" during an earlier, unrelated arrest.

AAP · Sep 12, 2022

'Overtly racist' and 'disturbing' Rolfe texts should be included in Kumanjayi Walker inquest, coroner hears

Some 8,000 pages of text messages were downloaded from Constable Zachary Rolfe's phone after the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker, the Northern Territory coroner has heard.

ABC News · Sep 12, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker shooting: ‘disturbing’ texts between officers involved are relevant, inquest told

Messages inadmissible during criminal trial that revealed ‘disturbing attitudes towards Aboriginal people’ argued to be relevant to coroner’s statutory duties

The Guardian - AU · Sep 12, 2022

NT Police considered further unrelated charges against Zachary Rolfe, days before shooting inquest

A coronial inquest into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker is told police considered referring Constable Zachary Rolfe to prosecutors last week over a separate matter.

ABC News · Sep 9, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker inquest: coroner may have to disqualify herself, Zachary Rolfe’s lawyers say

Court hears coroner was granted access to unredacted police report that would only be included into evidence in redacted form

The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2022

NT coroner could step aside over Rolfe

The coroner at the inquest into the death of an Indigenous teen shot dead by Northern Territory police has seen redacted reports and may have to stand down.

AAP · Sep 8, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker’s family feared another police shooting following his death, inquest told

Cousin of NT man shot dead during arrest says she livestreamed as family gathered outside police station out of fear of media, police

The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2022