Article 75W76 NT police will not lay charges against officers over Kumanjayi White’s death while being restrained at Coles

NT police will not lay charges against officers over Kumanjayi White’s death while being restrained at Coles

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Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#75W76)

Police commissioner acknowledges outcome causes significant distress' for 24-year-old Warlpiri man's family and wider community

  • Warning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died

Northern Territory police will not lay any charges against officers after an Indigenous man died while being restrained in an Alice Springs supermarket in 2025.

Kumanjayi White, a 24yearold Warlpiri man who lived with cognitive disabilities, died on 27 May last year during a confrontation with police in a Coles supermarket.

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