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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci

NT police association rejects calls for gun ban following Zachary Rolfe trial

Paul McCue and Zachary Rolfe
‘Members of the police force have the right to protect themselves, and to protect others’ says NT police association president Paul McCue, pictured here (L) speaking to the media alongside constable Zachary Rolfe (R) on Friday 11 March, 2022. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AAP

The Northern Territory police association has rejected calls for the banning of guns in remote Aboriginal communities after the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker.

Walker’s family and Warlpiri elders from the community of Yuendumu, where the shooting occurred, called for the ban on Friday after police officer Zachary Rolfe was found not guilty of the 19-year-old’s murder.

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