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Aaron Bunch

NT cops lawyer up after inquest evidence

Police legal representation at an inquest into an Indigenous teenager's shooting death during a botched arrest may more than double if the Northern Territory officers' union has its way.

Kumanjayi Walker, 19, died after Constable Zachary Rolfe shot him three times while trying to take him into custody in Yuendumu, northwest of Alice Springs on November 9, 2019.

The inquest into his death has heard from Superintendent Jody Nobbs, who spent Tuesday in the Alice Springs courtroom witness box.

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