BURSTMarion Scrymgour says Aboriginal people have been ‘shaken’ by revelations of inquest into Yuendumu shooting of Kumanjayi Walker
Warning: This article contains racist language and names of Indigenous Australians who have died
An Albanese government MP based in Alice Springs has called for Australian federal police to take over the criminal investigation into the death of Kumanjayi White, an Aboriginal man who died last week after being restrained by Northern Territory police in the town’s Coles supermarket.
The 24-year-old Warlpiri man had disabilities and was living away from his community of Yuendumu in supported accommodation. Police alleged that he was shoplifting when plainclothes officers stepped in to assist the store’s security guard.
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