Zachary Rolfe raises questions of police racism during questioning in inquest into Kumanjayi Walker’s death

Zachary Rolfe leaves the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker last week. Rolfe said he had never seen an NT police officer treat anyone differently because of their race. Photograph: Rudi Maxwell/AAP

Zachary Rolfe had not been in Alice Springs long before deciding he wanted to leave.

It was 2016, and as the former Australian soldier – who had served in Afghanistan – struggled to settle in as a Northern Territory police officer, he realised he’d felt more at home in Kabul.