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Keira Jenkins and Fraser Barton

Top cop admits racism 'truth' after fatal teen shooting

A coroner found the Northern Territory Police Force had "the hallmarks of institutionalised racism". (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

A top cop has acknowledged racism must be confronted in his force as the former officer acquitted of killing an Indigenous teenager denied race was a factor in his death.

Coroner Elisabeth Armitage found the Northern Territory Police Force had "the hallmarks of institutionalised racism" and it was not just "one bad apple".

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