Enough is enough that is the message shared by the family of a 24-year-old Warlpiri man who died after being restrained by police in Alice Springs. There has been a raw and emotional mourning ceremony outside the supermarket where the tragedy unfolded just three days ago. Feelings of grief anger and loss were laid bare as Warlpiri elders and members of the Alice Springs community joined together to pay their respects. While some took aim at police others have called for unity.
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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.