Policeman Zachary Rolfe to return to work within weeks
Two and a half years after being suspended over the fatal shooting of Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker, NT cop will return to duty.
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$100K report one of the reasons Rolfe stood trial
Zachary Rolfe was committed to stand trial based in-part on the expert evidence of a Crown witness paid almost $100,000 to produce a 12-page report.
How the use of force went wrong at Yuendumu
After the tragic saga of Kumanjayi Walker and Zachary Rolfe, a senior NT policeman said he hoped the inquest would be scathing, ‘because we need it’.
We can, and must, stop this dysfunction
Kumanjayi Walker’s death highlights problems in some of our communities. It’s time to speak openly and honestly about it.
Rolfe Indigenous assault allegations
The jury in Zachary Rolfe’s murder trial was not told that in the lead up to Kumanjayi Walker’s death, the young cop was involved in four other incidents | WATCH VIDEO (graphic content)
Consequences should flow for Gunner
NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s inflammatory and prejudicial language around the shooting of Kumanjayi Walker is deeply troubling.
Yuendumu nurse: ‘I might die tonight’
A Yuendumu man who confessed to ‘shooting rocks’ at an ambulance on the night Kumanjayi Walker died was not charged despite a large rock hitting a nurse’s head.
Yuendumu nurses’ terror: Walker ‘a very scary man’
A spate of terrifying break-ins to nurses’ accommodation forced them to flee Yuendumu in November just hours before police fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker.
Fears for Kumanjayi began when he was a newborn
Abandoned as a baby, Arnold ‘Kumanjayi’ Walker survived a tragic childhood to die at the hands of police. His life story can be revealed for the first time.
Kumanjayi’s girlfriend breaks silence
Kumanjayi Walker’s girlfriend reveals how she forgave the Yuendumu teenager for vicious assaults before he was shot to death by police officer Zachary Rolfe.
Seven slams Rolfe case gag ‘disgrace’
An attempt to silence Seven Network journalists investigating the murder case against policeman Zachary Rolfe was “a disgrace” commercial director Bruce McWilliam claims.
‘I got ya, brother’: how the Zach Rolfe shooting went down
For the first time, a detailed account of the heart-stopping drama as cops fought to save the life of Indigenous teen Kumanjayi Walker.
Kumanjayi Walker’s family told cops where to find him
Kumanjayi Walker attacked police with an axe three days before he was fatally shot by cop Zach Rolfe. Now the details of that axe attack can be revealed for the first time.
Detectives warned against hasty murder rap
Senior police were strongly opposed to the decision to charge cop Zachary Rolfe with murder, in previously unseen documents revealed by The Australian.
Zach Rolfe documentary exclusive
Watch The Australian’s gripping documentary on cop Zachary Rolfe after his murder acquittal over the shooting of Indigenous teen Kumanjayi Walker.
Anger, relief at murder charge acquittal
NT policeman says a unanimous decision on three charges is ‘the right decision’; as Aboriginal elder asks ‘when do we get justice’.
‘I did what I had to do’: Zachary Rolfe interview exclusive
Defiant cop Zachary Rolfe reveals for the first time what happened the night he shot Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker – and why he believes police lied about the case.
Private schoolboy fell in love with policing ‘to help people’
A child of privilege, Zachary Rolfe couldn’t wait to get into the heat of battle, first in the army and then in policing.
Verdict turns on Rolfe’s ‘perception’: judge
Zachary Rolfe’s fate now rests on what a dozen people decide he perceived in the 2.6 seconds between shooting Kumanjayi Walker once and firing twice more.
I’m no racist. If a white guy stabbed me I’d shoot him too.
The Australian has the only interview with NT police officer Zachary Rolfe, who spoke with Kristin Shorten shortly after he was charged. WATCH THE VIDEO
‘Flawed’ prosecution a cook-up: Rolfe lawyer
Defence lawyers claim the prosecution case is based on ‘armchair experts’ assembled by police bosses.
Rolfe ‘lied to justify an unjustifiable’ fatal shooting
Zachary Rolfe ‘lied to justify the unjustifiable’ fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker, according to a crown prosecutor summing up the murder case against the young Northern Territory policeman.
Cop denies lie ‘to justify gung-ho shooting’
Zachary Rolfe has denied inventing false justifications for killing Kumanjayi Walker and setting out with a ‘clear plan’ to shoot him if he produced a weapon.
‘I shot Walker to save my partner’s life’: Rolfe
Zachary Rolfe shot Kumanjayi Walker three times because he feared his partner could be killed, his murder trial has heard.
Walker violence ‘swept under rug’
Zachary Rolfe speaks publicly for the first time about events leading to the shooting of Aboriginal teen Kumanjayi Walker.
Rolfe put himself at risk: expert
Two police officers put themselves in danger by rushing into a dimly-lit house to confront a high risk offender, court told.
Teenager a ‘low threat when cop fired fatal shot’
Kumanjayi Walker was ‘likely a low threat’ to Northern Territory policemen Zachary Rolfe and Adam Eberl at the time he was fatally shot, a jury has been told.
Forensic tests back scissors cut to Rolfe
A pair of scissors found near where Kumanjayi Walker was shot could have caused cuts and tears to three areas of the police uniforms worn by Zachary Rolfe and his two colleagues.
Walker ‘kept resisting after third shot’
Kumanjayi Walker continued to resist arrest after Northern Territory police constable Zachary Rolfe shot him three times, a court has been told.
Scissors not lethal, Rolfe trial hears
The ‘very lightweight, very small, blunt’ scissors Kumanjayi Walker used to stab the police constable were not capable of inflicting a lethal injury in the circumstances, a court has heard.
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