Police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker shows Australia needs 'comprehensive reform', UN says UN rights chief Volker Turk said a coroner's inquiry into Kumanjayi Walker's death "uncovers disturbing allegations of institutional racism in Northern Territory policing and use of excessive force".

UN rights chief Volker Turk said the #Northern_Territory coroner's inquiry into #Kumanjayi_Walker ‘s death "uncovers disturbing allegations of institutional racism in Northern Territory policing and use of excessive force"

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Coroner can't rule out officer's racism contributed in Kumanjayi Walker's death Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has handed down her long-awaited findings from an inquest into the 2019 police shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu.

Judge Armitage found former constable #Zachary_Rolfe, who fired the fatal shots, "was racist", and that she could not exclude the possibility that those attitudes "were a contributing cause of #Kumanjayi_Walker ‘s death"

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