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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard

Kumanjayi Walker inquest: racism a ‘broader’ issue in NT police, superintendent says

Former superintendent Jody Nobbs, who oversaw a number of communities in the central desert region of the Northern Territory, told the Kumanjayi Walker
Former superintendent Jody Nobbs, who oversaw a number of communities in the central desert region of the Northern Territory, appeared at the Kumanjayi Walker inquest on Tuesday. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AAP

The superintendent formerly in charge of central desert remote communities has told an inquest into the police shooting death of 19-year-old Warlpiri man Kumanjayi Walker that racism is a “broader” issue within the Northern Territory police force.

Walker was shot three times by Constable Zachary Rolfe during an attempted arrest by the immediate response team in Yuendumu in November 2019.

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