00:00A dramatic end to a long and often painful chapter.
00:06We thank the family and the community for being respectful of the process.
00:09The Deputy Police Commissioner present in court today as a series of explosive allegations
00:14were levelled at the officer at the centre of the inquest.
00:17It is absolutely undeniable that Mr Rolfe is a racist.
00:22People who talk about loser locals, coons, neanderthals are racists and it's important
00:27to call it as it is.
00:29It's also clear enough that he's sexist, he's a misogynist, he's homophobic, he has disrespect
00:34for authority and he has contempt for bush cops.
00:38Several parties to the inquest have alleged racism was alive and well on the night Zachary
00:42Rolfe fatally shot Kumonjai Walker, but the NT police force said that was merely speculation.
00:49He didn't say anything which indicated a particular racist attitude to Kumonjai as an Aboriginal
00:54man.
00:55What he did was to be a really poor policeman.
00:57He didn't plan, he didn't listen, he didn't think, he just burst into action as a hero
01:02in his own head.
01:04Mr Rolfe's lawyer cautioned the coroner against singling out Mr Rolfe while other TRG officers
01:10also faced allegations of racism.
01:13Despite the allegations, Ian Freckleton told the coroner she should not find there was
01:17any systemic racism within the ranks.
01:20On behalf of NT police, Mr Freckleton apologised to the family of Kumonjai Walker for the role
01:26police played in the young man's death and reiterated the agency's commitment to improving
01:31police culture and practices.
01:34With close to 2,000 pages of written submissions and evidence from more than 70 witnesses over
01:4068 hearing days, the coroner will now spend several months writing her findings and recommendations,
01:47aiming to deliver her report by the end of February next year.
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