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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci

Zachary Rolfe was allegedly violent during arrests of four Aboriginal males before Kumanjayi Walker shooting

Zachary Rolfe
Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe was allegedly violent during the arrests of four Aboriginal males who required medical treatment in the two years before Kumanjayi Walker was killed. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AAP

Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe was allegedly violent during the arrests of four Aboriginal men or boys who required medical treatment in a two-year period before fatally shooting Kumanjayi Walker.

After three of the incidents he was also alleged to have falsified reports, and on one occasion was accused of asking a fellow officer to scratch him to make it appear as if he had been harmed by an offender during an arrest.

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