Overview

• Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Aboriginal man with a mental disability, died on May 27 after two plain-clothes NT police officers restrained him in an Alice Springs supermarket.
• White’s family and advocacy groups are demanding a separate probe and full release of CCTV and body-worn camera footage after NT Police and Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro rejected external oversight.
• The NT Police Major Crime Division is leading a criminal investigation alongside a paused coronial inquiry, and the officers involved have not been stood down.
• Rallies and vigils have been held nationwide for nearly two weeks, marking the 12th Indigenous death in custody this year and the 597th since 1987.
• Federal Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy suggested an arms-length review might be warranted, and the Central Land Council has urged withholding federal funds until an independent body is established.