On Monday evening, a small vigil and rally was held outside Redfern Police Station, Gadigal Nura, to commemorate 1 year since Warlpiri man, Kumanjayi White, was killed by police in a Coles supermarket in Alice Springs, Mparntwe, Arrente Country.
This week, Northern Territory Police confirmed that no charges would laid against the police officers involved, following advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Rally organisers, including speakers from the Blak Caucus, demanded the immediate cessation of the ongoing killings of Aboriginal people in police custody and that those involved be held to account. The deaths of TJ Hickey, Patrick Fisher and Colin Burling were also remembered as victims of interactions with Redfern Police.
An estimated more than 700 Aboriginal people have died in custody since the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was handed down in 1991. Last year saw the highest number of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in NSW since that Royal Commission was held.
The rally was part of a national day of action for Kumanjayi White called by Warlpiri Elder, Uncle Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves.
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