Zachary Rolfe was warned his fellow officers were ‘snakes’ and to watch his back, inquest hears

Inquest into death of Kumanjayi Walker hears Rolfe held debrief' barbecue at his home two days after shooting

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After a Northern Territory policeman shot an Indigenous teenager dead, a colleague warned him their fellow officers were snakes and to protect his back, an inquest has been told.

Kumanjayi Walker, 19, was shot three times by Const Zachary Rolfe during an attempted arrest in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu in November 2019. Rolfe was found not guilty of murder and two alternative charges after a six-week trial in the NT supreme court in Darwin earlier this year.

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