Rolfe says he made a comment about 'murderers and war criminals' on a social media post as a joke about his treatment by the media.
Zachary Rolfe shot Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker three times at Yuendumu in November 2019. He was acquitted of murder during a five-week trial in 2022 and no longer serves as a police officer. An inquest into the 19-year-old Warlpiri and Luritja man's death was told on Monday Mr Rolfe had posted a comment on a picture of himself and former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, as a joke about himself.
The footage showed the man hitting the bonnet of a police car with his hand before being struck by Mr Rolfe. The strike may have been a "fear-based response" to the noise the man made when hitting the car, the former police officer told the inquest. It also heard from Mr Rolfe's former manager Sergeant Lee Bauwens on Monday, who was grilled about the culture within the NT Police Force and its Territory Response Group.
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