The mother of Kumanjayi White, a Warlpiri man who died after being restrained in an Alice Springs supermarket by police, is suing the Northern Territory government in the federal court, claiming that the officers committed assault, battery and false imprisonment.
White, a 24-year-old with disabilities, died on 27 May during a confrontation with police in a Coles supermarket. His family claim that the two officers involved acted unlawfully in apprehending him, taking him into custody, and “applying force to him such as to cause the loss of his life”.
