The NT Police commissioner will apologise for the injustice the force has inflicted on Indigenous people over the past 150 years.
Commissioner Michael Murphy will deliver a speech at the Garma Festival today, where he is expected to recognise the harm done to the Aboriginal community by the NT police force. "It'll be an apology for a number of our involvements in policy positions and also some of our activities that we have undertaken as Northern Territory police in the past," Mr Murphy told ABC News.
Kumanjayi Walker was fatally shot by then-constable Zachary Rolfe in November 2019, during an attempted arrest. Mr Rolfe, who was a Tactical Response Group member, was acquitted of murder during a five-week trial in 2022 and is no longer serving as a police officer. "It's a time to make a change. We need to own our past," Mr Murphy said.
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