Zachary Rolfe should face Aboriginal traditional payback, Kumanjayi Walker inquest told
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#65XTK)
Indigenous police officer tells Northern Territory inquest that the concept of payback is based on peacemaking not revenge
A Northern Territory police officer who shot dead an Indigenous teenager should face traditional payback to help restore harmony in his outback community, an inquest has been told.
Const Zachary Rolfe shot Kumanjayi Walker three times during an attempted arrest in Yuendumu, north-west of Alice Springs, 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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