‘This case is tragic’: Zachary Rolfe is cleared and an Aboriginal family left with questions

Speaking after the verdict, members of Kumanjayi Walker’s family have called for police guns to be banned in rural communities. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AAP

Derek Williams was beside a grave in Yuendumu when he heard the news. He had just buried his uncle.

“A young fellow came rushing down and told us that Kumanjayi was shot,” Williams told the Northern Territory supreme court last month.