00:00A family's heartache over the death in custody of a young Walpree man from Yundamu, now referred
00:09to as Kuminjai White.
00:11Hear us! This cannot keep going.
00:18His family travelling more than 300 kilometres to the Kohl supermarket in Alice Springs,
00:24where the 24-year-old died on Tuesday after a confrontation with police.
00:30You are supposed to serve the community, protect people, not marry them.
00:39The vigil igniting passionate demands for justice.
00:43This young lad shouldn't have died. He shouldn't be returned to his community in a box.
00:51Others calling for unity.
00:53Let's not have a waste of this person's young man's life.
00:57This could be a turning point for our community, where we could work together as one.
01:04Family and friends of Kuminjai White say he loved being around his community of Yundamu and wanted to go back home.
01:11But he was unable to do so because of the disability care he required here in Alice Springs.
01:18They're pushing for NDIS providers and the Public Guardian to facilitate on-country visits for Aboriginal people with disabilities
01:25and want answers over who was supposed to be looking after their loved one.
01:30He wanted to go back and be on-country.
01:35Kuminjai White's uncle expressing gratitude for the community support.
01:39I'm very thankful for the people of Alice Springs who have come and invited themselves to come with us
01:47because they have been really, so really wonderful.
01:50Northern Territory Police today rejecting calls for an independent investigation into the death
01:56and denying the family's request to see CCTV and body-worn footage.
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