Killer Cop Denies Lying at Murder Trial of Teenager

Published on February 28, 2024

A former Northern Territory policeman acquitted of the shooting murder of an Indigenous teenager during a bungled arrest has denied manufacturing evidence about the incident. Zachary Rolfe shot Kumanjayi Walker, 19, three times as he resisted being handcuffed while armed with a scissors in Yuendumu, northwest of Alice Springs, on Nov. 9, 2019. An inquiry into the Warlpiri man’s death heard on Feb. 28 the former constable told his murder trial Mr. Walker placed his hand on his police-issued pistol during the scuffle before he was shot. Mr. Rolfe agreed with Counsel Assisting the Coroner Peggy Dwyer it was a serious escalation of the incident and could have led to Mr. Walker taking control of the weapon, but he knocked his hand away....

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