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Former AFP assistant commissioner fronts inquest into death of Kumanjayi Walker in Alice Springs

Former AFP assistant commissioner Ben McDevitt has described oversight of the Immediate Response Team as "totally lacking". (ABC News: Tiffany Parker)

Constable Zachary Rolfe and Kumanjayi Walker "never should have met" and the reason they did was a "tragic failure of leadership", the Northern Territory coroner has heard.

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died, used with the permission of their family.

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