‘How come he’s still in a job’: Indigenous elders query Zachary Rolfe’s ongoing police role to coroner

The NT inquest into Kumanjayi Walker's death is conducting informal sittings in Yuendumu so coroner can hear from community members

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Residents in a remote Indigenous community where a Northern Territory policeman shot dead a teenager during an attempted arrest say they are disgusted" the officer still has a job with the force.

Kumanjayi Walker died after Const Zachary Rolfe shot him three times during an attempted arrest in Yuendumu, north-west of Alice Springs, on 9 November 2019.