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Keira Jenkins

Former cop insists NT police not 'genuine racists'

An inquest into an Indigenous death has been told racist comments were way of police venting stress. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

A former member of the Northern Territory's Tactical Response Group says during his time as an officer, offensive language and jokes were commonly made throughout the entire NT Police Force.

Carey Joy said, in a statutory declaration filed to an inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker in the remote community of Yuendumu, racist comments were seen as "acceptable and a means of venting stress" within the police force.

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