Article 65AVD Zachary Rolfe ‘humiliated’ Indigenous teen in violent arrest before Walker shooting, inquest told

Zachary Rolfe ‘humiliated’ Indigenous teen in violent arrest before Walker shooting, inquest told

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Video from Rolfe's body-worn camera shows him approach wheelie bin with 14-year-old hiding inside before slamming lid and pulling bin to ground

The Northern Territory police officer who shot and killed Kumanjayi Walker was involved in an earlier arrest of another Indigenous youth that was allegedly violent and humiliating, an inquest has been told.

The inquiry into the death of 19-year-old Walker - who was shot during a bungled arrest in Yuendumu in 2019 - was played a video on Tuesday of Const Zachary Rolfe detaining a 14-year-old boy in 2018.

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