Kumanjayi Walker’s complex trauma would have affected dealings with police, inquest told
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Death of 19-year-old, who was shot by Const Zachary Rolfe in 2019, might have been avoided if police had used trauma-informed approach, counsellor says
Kumanjayi Walker had complex developmental trauma that would have influenced his interactions with police, an inquest into the Northern Territory teenager's death has heard.
Walker was 19 when he was killed during an attempted arrest attempt at Yuendumu, north-east of Alice Springs, in November 2019.
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