Family members of Warlpiri man Kumanjayi White who died after being restrained by police in an Alice Springs supermarket earlier this year have called for police to release a brief of evidence on his death. Mr White's death has triggered a mandatory inquest by the Northern Territory coroner.
00:00Kumanjai White, a young Wolperi man from Yundamu with special needs, died in police custody in May this year after being restrained by two off-duty police officers at Coles Supermarket.
00:12In a hearing at the Alice Springs local court today, Coroner Elizabeth Armitage told the family of Kumanjai White it would be a slow but careful process that would uncover as much of the truth as possible.
00:22Kumanjai White's grandfather, Ned Hargraves, spoke to the ABC outside of court.
00:27We want to get to the point and finish up.
00:30We can't keep going like this.
00:35It's not right.
00:39We are angry.
00:42We are frustrated.
00:44The coroner heard from representatives who will be a part of the inquest going forward, including Kumanjai White's family lawyer George Newhouse and his carers, Life Without Barriers.
00:53Also represented was Coles Supermarket, Talus Security and NT Police, alongside high-profile lawyer Luke Officer,
00:59who is representing one of the officers involved in the incident, Sergeant Stephen Haig.
01:03The coroner told the hearing the criminal investigation undertaken by the Department of Public Prosecutions is ongoing and she hasn't received a full brief.
01:10She said a date for a further directions hearing was likely to be set for early next year.
01:15She said a date for an hour.
01:16While we are disabled, she doesn't have committed to her because she has to be set for the
01:19course of her information and her parents.
01:20She said a date for a little bit.
01:21She said a date for a minute and she says a date for an investigation of her parents.
01:23She said a date for a long-term investigation.
01:24This is the date for an interview with David Mayer.
01:25The first appointment is in theилurial speech.
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