Good afternoon. The use of racist language is “normalised” in the Northern Territory police, Zachary Rolfe – the former police officer who shot and killed Kumanjayi Walker in 2019 – told an inquest in Alice Springs.
Rolfe apologised for his own use of racist language in text messages, alleging he had been gradually introduced to racist talk at the force. He also claims that an elite squad of NT police gave an annual racist mock award to the member who “behaved most like an Aboriginal”. But he told the inquest he did not believe Aboriginal people were treated differently by the force.
