Overview

• Coroner Elisabeth Armitage ruled the 2019 shooting of Kumanjayi Walker avoidable and found that constable Zachary Rolfe and the NT Police Force displayed systemic racism
• The inquest uncovered derogatory text messages among officers and evidence of racist awards within an elite NT police unit
• Armitage’s 33 recommendations call for overhauling police recruitment and training, boosting community engagement and consulting Yuendumu leaders on firearms policy
• Anti-racism officer Leanne Liddle said the coroner’s findings will form the basis of a draft strategy to confront and eliminate racism across the force
• Yuendumu elders and Walker’s family are pressing for an independent police ombudsman and a ban on officer-carried firearms in remote Indigenous communities