Tuesday, 6 September 2022

Kumanjayi Walker spent long stretches in troubled Don Dale detention centre, inquest hears

Coroner told Walker detained at a time when an NT inquiry was ‘extremely critical’ of the treatment of vulnerable children in custody * Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Kumanjayi Walker spent long stretches of time in the notorious Don Dale detention centre, the coronial inquest into the police shooting death of the 19-year-old has heard. The three-month-long inquest is examining the events surrounding his death on 9 November 2019 in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu, after he was shot three times by police officer Const Zachery Rolfe during an attempted arrest. Continue reading...
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