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Lloyd Jones

Police cleared of misconduct over officer murder charge

Police have been cleared of misconduct over murder charges laid against an officer. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Senior police have been cleared of improper conduct over a decision to charge an officer with murdering a young Aboriginal man during a botched arrest in an outback township.

Northern Territory police constable Zachary Rolfe was charged with murdering 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker in November 2019, just days after he shot him in the community of Yuendumu.

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