Current Police Officer Zachary Rolfe found not guilty of the murder of Kumanjayi Walker - NT

[Kurve]

The inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker was told that, in his 2016 application to NT Police, Constable Rolfe neglected to disclose — despite being asked several times — that he had pleaded guilty to a charge of theft at a military trial, while based in Townsville with the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

He also failed to disclose a fine he had received for "public nuisance, violent behaviour" on both his NT and Queensland police applications, which ultimately saw him barred from applying to the Queensland service for 10 years.

Under questioning from Counsel Assisting the Coroner Patrick Coleridge, NT Police psychologist Bruce Van Haeften — who was on the panel that interviewed Constable Rolfe — said the officer was ultimately recommended as an "excellent" candidate for the police force.

"If you had discovered this omission following the interview, would you have recommended Mr Rolfe as suitable for recruitment into the Northern Territory Police Force?" Mr Coleridge asked.

"If I had discovered that type of omission for any candidate, it's unlikely that I would have recommended appointment, due to their perceived dishonesty and due to the multiple points in that interview … of the importance of being honest and forthcoming with relevant information," Mr Van Haeften said.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-03/zachary-rolfe-unlikely-to-have-been-recommended-for-nt-police/101611494

 

[Rob R]

The inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker was told that, in his 2016 application to NT Police, Constable Rolfe neglected to disclose — despite being asked several times — that he had pleaded guilty to a charge of theft at a military trial, while based in Townsville with the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

He also failed to disclose a fine he had received for "public nuisance, violent behaviour" on both his NT and Queensland police applications, which ultimately saw him barred from applying to the Queensland service for 10 years.

Under questioning from Counsel Assisting the Coroner Patrick Coleridge, NT Police psychologist Bruce Van Haeften — who was on the panel that interviewed Constable Rolfe — said the officer was ultimately recommended as an "excellent" candidate for the police force.

"If you had discovered this omission following the interview, would you have recommended Mr Rolfe as suitable for recruitment into the Northern Territory Police Force?" Mr Coleridge asked.

"If I had discovered that type of omission for any candidate, it's unlikely that I would have recommended appointment, due to their perceived dishonesty and due to the multiple points in that interview … of the importance of being honest and forthcoming with relevant information," Mr Van Haeften said.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-03/zachary-rolfe-unlikely-to-have-been-recommended-for-nt-police/101611494

These are interesting and relevant points but is the only purpose of this inquiry to place all blame on Rolfe or will it look at other factors like the mistaken decision to let the violent crim out on parole, the violent actions in the community that shut down the health service that could have saved his life, the deceased violent attacks on police before and during the fatal incident?

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[Kurve]

These are interesting and relevant points but is the only purpose of this inquiry to place all blame on Rolfe or will it look at other factors like the mistaken decision to let the violent crim out on parole, the violent actions in the community that shut down the health service that could have saved his life, the deceased violent attacks on police before and during the fatal incident?

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Are you for real? A teenager who had just turned 19yo had his life ended and you're wanting to look around everywhere else but at the cop who killed him, and command that sent him in there.

No health service was going to save his life either. He was gone.

 

[Rob R]

Are you for real? A teenager who had just turned 19yo had his life ended and you're wanting to look around everywhere else but at the cop who killed him, and command that sent him in there.

No health service was going to save his life either. He was gone.

I said that Rolfe's actions (and it looks his dodgy recruiting) are valid points but an investigation is supposed to consider all issues not just the points that are politically expedient. How do you avoid repeating an issue if you ignore any contributing factors that don't suit your agenda.

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[DOCKERZ]

Are you for real? A teenager who had just turned 19yo had his life ended and you're wanting to look around everywhere else but at the cop who killed him, and command that sent him in there.

No health service was going to save his life either. He was gone.

A teenager who came at a Police Officer the day before with a tomahawk.

Julie Frost has a lot to answer for. Instead, she's been promoted.

 

[Kurve]

A teenager who came at a Police Officer the day before with a tomahawk.

Came at? He waved it around, dropped it and ran.

 

[DOCKERZ]

Came at? He waved it around, dropped it and ran.

 

[Kurve]

Like I said but earlier reports suggest the tomahawk brandishing was outside, this just makes it even more likely the way the police went in to a house, again to grab Walker was going to end badly.

This has been my position from the beginning and coming from a sense of sadness compounded by the fact that so many jumped in to this thread without a scrap of compassion for a teenage kid with mental health issues and a pair of round tipped plastic medical scissors who was shot dead by the cops.

 

[Kurve]

I said that Rolfe's actions (and it looks his dodgy recruiting) are valid points but an investigation is supposed to consider all issues not just the points that are politically expedient. How do you avoid repeating an issue if you ignore any contributing factors that don't suit your agenda.

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Nobody in here is anti or hates cops but I'm not going to cringe my way around this by ignoring or making excuses for hot headed, trigger happy racist cops who shouldn't have been on the job in the first place or the careless command that sent him in there.

Even his partner said he wouldn't have fired in the house for fear of hitting someone else, which is what I said ages ago. It was a completely botched exercise and whether those involved or people in this thread want to recognise it or not, the highly probable outcome in the circumstances was that someone would be shot dead.

 

[jason_recliner]

Powerful, brilliant stuff:

'I was a good cop' - Zach Rolfe breaks his silence | NT Independent

**************

 

[Kurve]

Systemic racism, use of guns and 'consequences' for Constable Rolfe: What you missed when the Kumanjayi Walker inquest resumed

After a three-month break, the Northern Territory coroner last week resumed the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, with a focus on the territory's police force.

www.abc.net.au

 

[jason_recliner]

Suppression order lifted over controversial police report into death of Kumanjayi Walker

 

[Wooden Robot]

A teenager who came at a Police Officer the day before with a tomahawk.

Julie Frost has a lot to answer for. Instead, she's been promoted.

Inconvenient truth.

 

[Kurve]

Inconvenient truth.

So what are you saying?

That a mentally ill teenager who brandishes a tomahawk, drops it and runs is license to shoot him dead at his nanna's house the following day?

 

[ZionMig22]

Came at? He waved it around, dropped it and ran.

My thoughts exactly

Had opportunity to use but he ran outside

We cannot ignore Rolfe's past and his racist texts whilst working as a PO

 

[ZionMig22]

So what are you saying?

That a mentally ill teenager who brandishes a tomahawk, drops it and runs is license to shoot him dead at his nanna's house the following day?

Whilst already tasered on the ground

 

[jason_recliner]

Former chief minister cleared of alleged political interference in Rolfe murder charge

 

[Kurve]

Wow .. the monstrous disrespect.

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Police officer’s Bali holiday selfie with Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe leads to questions from Queensland force​

Queensland police say they will look into a social media photo that shows an officer on holiday with Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe, on which Rolfe appeared to comment: “Just a couple of cops/murderers and war criminals Havin a lovely afternoon in the sun”.

Police officer’s Bali holiday selfie with Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe leads to questions from Queensland force

Exclusive: Queensland police say ‘inquiries will be made’ in response to questions about whether post complies with force’s social media guidelines

www.theguardian.com

 

[MsTeschmacher]

Wow .. the monstrous disrespect.

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Police officer’s Bali holiday selfie with Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe leads to questions from Queensland force​

Queensland police say they will look into a social media photo that shows an officer on holiday with Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe, on which Rolfe appeared to comment: “Just a couple of cops/murderers and war criminals Havin a lovely afternoon in the sun”.

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Police officer’s Bali holiday selfie with Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe leads to questions from Queensland force

Exclusive: Queensland police say ‘inquiries will be made’ in response to questions about whether post complies with force’s social media guidelines

www.theguardian.com

So gross.

 

[Kurve]

I've never heard anybody use this kind of language for aboriginal persons, not even when I've been working remote or stuck in outback towns but here the cops are. And it's the Sergeant.

A Senior Northern Territory Police officer has told the coronial inquest into the shooting death of an Aboriginal man he as "no excuse" for using a racial slur in a text message to Zachary Rolfe, sent four months before Mr Rolfe shot Kumanjayi Walker.

Sergeant Lee Bauwens was the officer in charge of the tactical Immediate Response Team [IRT], that then-constable Zachary Rolfe was a part of when he deployed to Yuendumu on the night Mr Walker was killed.

'No excuse': NT Police sergeant responds to 'racist' text message sent to Zachary Rolfe

The coronial inquest into the 2019 death of Indigenous teen Kumanjayi Walker has resumed in Alice Springs, with an NT Police sergeant answering questions over text messages he sent to former constable Zachary Rolfe.

www.abc.net.au

 

[South of the Yarra]

I've never heard anybody use this kind of language for aboriginal persons, not even when I've been working remote or stuck in outback towns but here the cops are. And it's the Sergeant.

A Senior Northern Territory Police officer has told the coronial inquest into the shooting death of an Aboriginal man he as "no excuse" for using a racial slur in a text message to Zachary Rolfe, sent four months before Mr Rolfe shot Kumanjayi Walker.

Sergeant Lee Bauwens was the officer in charge of the tactical Immediate Response Team [IRT], that then-constable Zachary Rolfe was a part of when he deployed to Yuendumu on the night Mr Walker was killed.

'No excuse': NT Police sergeant responds to 'racist' text message sent to Zachary Rolfe

The coronial inquest into the 2019 death of Indigenous teen Kumanjayi Walker has resumed in Alice Springs, with an NT Police sergeant answering questions over text messages he sent to former constable Zachary Rolfe.

www.abc.net.au

I have heard it used thousands of times.

 

[Kurve]

I have heard it used thousands of times.

Okay.

 

[South of the Yarra]

Okay.

No it’s not ok. It is horrific racism used against Aboriginal people

 

[Kurve]

No it’s not ok. It is horrific racism used against Aboriginal people

I'm sure you realise me posting 'okay' was accepting as truth, your experience on the frequent use of the word.


As I agree it's racist.

 

[Sqotty from office works]

I have heard it used thousands of times.

It was always used for the local airline.