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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent

NT police won’t be charged over Kumanjayi White’s death as Lidia Thorpe criticises lack of justice

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe says she is ‘devastated’ the department of police prosecutions declined to lay charges stemming from Kumanjayi White’s death in an Alice Springs supermarket.
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe says she is ‘devastated’ the department of police prosecutions declined to lay charges stemming from Kumanjayi White’s death in an Alice Springs supermarket. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Northern Territory police will not lay any charges against officers after an Indigenous man died while being restrained in an Alice Springs supermarket in 2025.

Kumanjayi White, a 24‑year‑old Warlpiri man who lived with cognitive disabilities, died on 27 May last year during a confrontation with police in a Coles supermarket.

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