Adam Eberl News Today

Northern Territory Police will investigate a complaint against a senior detective involved in the murder investigation into former constable Zachary Rolfe.

Northern Territory Constable Zachary Rolfe, who fatally shot Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker, believes he would have got a medal if it had occurred in another state.

After recent acquittals of police officers, Indigenous Australians ask ‘when are they going to stop killing us?’

The murder trial and acquittal of police constable Zachary Rolfe for the death of Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker highlighted long-lasting societal issues.

Lifting of suppression orders reveals Northern Territory police officer also alleged to have falsified reports after three of the incidents

Judge overseeing Rolfe’s trial did not make any finding the alleged incident occurred but issued a general warning to court

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.

Legal and advocacy groups are calling for “change, justice and accountability” after a police constable was found not guilty of murdering 19-year-old Aboriginal man Kumanjayi Walker during an attempted arrest in the Yuendumu community.

An Australian jury found a police officer not guilty Friday of all charges related to the death of a young indigenous man in the remote community of Yuendumu, in the Northern Territory of Australia. C...

The jury ultimately believed the NT police officer’s account of the killing of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker. But while the trial is over, many matters remain unresolved