WhY do we have the Racial Discrimination Act 1975? @australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social
Does it mean being racist is illegal? Does it mean that if it is illegal & you &/or the InStituTioN you work for are found to be racist, there should be CoNseQueNceS? 👇👇 #KumanjayiWalker

The politics of a police criminal organisation In 1972, police at an Aboriginal settlement at Papunya, several hundred kilometres west of Alice Springs, closed down a travelling Slim Dusty concert after some of the young men somehow got access to alcohol and became drunk.

The reality and conditions under which police lawlessness and violence in the NT come into regular conflict with Aboriginal lawlessness and violence is too often overlooked. #auspol #NTpol #KumanjayiWalker

Here’s some Indigenous truth-telling: structural police racism had a hand in the death of Kumanjayi Walker | Lorena Allam After the inquest into the Aboriginal teenager’s death, the coroner found constable Zachary Rolfe operated in a system that failed on a number of occasions to ‘rein him in’

“There was a serious failure by senior police (and the systems that support them) to facilitate an adequate and timely investigation into Mr Rolfe, once it emerged that there was a concerningly similar theme to the complaints being made against him.."
#KumanjayiWalker #NTPolice #InstitutionalFailure

Here’s some Indigenous truth-telling: structural police racism had a hand in the death of Kumanjayi Walker | Lorena Allam After the inquest into the Aboriginal teenager’s death, the coroner found constable Zachary Rolfe operated in a system that failed on a number of occasions to ‘rein him in’

"“Having considered all the evidence, including Mr Rolfe’s explanations and justifications, I found that Mr Rolfe was racist and that he worked in, and was the beneficiary of, an organisation with hallmarks of institutional racism,” Armitage said."
#KumanjayiWalker #NTPolice #InstitutionalFailure

Here’s some Indigenous truth-telling: structural police racism had a hand in the death of Kumanjayi Walker | Lorena Allam After the inquest into the Aboriginal teenager’s death, the coroner found constable Zachary Rolfe operated in a system that failed on a number of occasions to ‘rein him in’

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #kumanjayiwalker #ntaustralia #australia #policeracism #zacharyrolfe #indigenousaus #structuralracism

Kumanjayi Walker shooting inquest: coroner finds NT police officer Zachary Rolfe 'was racist' Zachary Rolfe, who shot Walker in Yuendumu in 2019, used unnecessary force during five previous arrests, coroner says

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“Mr Rolfe was racist, and he worked in and benefited from an organisation with the hallmarks of institutional racism,”

High time truth was spoken about the systemic racism in the police force.

And its consequences. ❤️🖤💛
#RacismInPolice
#Auspol
#KumanjayiWalker

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.

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The killing of #KumanjayiWalker was "a case of officer-induced jeopardy" by a "#racist" constable with a "contempt for accountability", the #NorthernTerritory coroner has found.

: Daily protest signs read "Tell the Truth" at Alice Springs Local Court during coronial inquest. Final submissions heard, NT coroner awaits. #KumanjayiWalker https://fefd.link/UjyXt

‘No empty words’: Kumanjayi Walker’s family prepare for coroner’s final report with call for ‘real action’ Findings will be handed down almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu

The inquest into the death of #KumanjayiWalker has revealed that the NT Police are a racist gang, with the worst #racism concentrated in the *elite* units.

Think about that. #ACAB
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#Yuendumu has had 3 deaths in custody in ten years.
On 21st May 2015 #JapanangkaLangdon died in the Darwin Watchhouse.
On 9th November 2019 #KumanjayiWalker was shot and killed in Yuendumu.
On 27th May 2025 #JakamarraWhite died in an #AliceSprings supermarket during an arrest attempt. #justicenow

Justice for #KumanjayiWalker & his family.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #FirstNations
#PoliceViolence #PoliceRacism
#InstiutionalRacism #InstitutionalViolence
#ZacharyRolfe #racism #bigotry
#NorthernTerritory #Australia
#StopAboriginalDeathsInCustody

#KumanjayiWalker inquest: 'Sgt Julie Frost told the inquest she would not have called members of the immediate response team (IRT) into the remote community if she had known they held racist or derogatory...