Kumanjayi White’s family ‘heartbroken’ no charges will be laid against officers involved in death in police custody
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-26/nt-kumanjayi-white-no-charges-laid-against-officers-involved/106723172?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
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“Alice Springs CBD on May 27, 2026 — almost exactly one year ago.” ??
Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with disabilities, died after being restrained by two police officers in a Coles supermarket in the Alice Springs CBD on May 27, 2026 — almost exactly one year ago……… Think they mean 2025
Presumably no charges are being laid because the police officers did nothing wrong.
He was restrained after a “scuffle” with security guards. That’s going to happen to anyone who does the same thing.
If no charges then it sounds like police didn’t use excessive force and acted reasonably in the circumstances.
And the NT police, who have been found to be institutionally racist by multiple coronial inquiries, continue to insist that the force isn’t racist. Take a year to do nothing, claim they “supported the family throughout” when it’s clear their main aim has been delay and obfuscation, and have the gall to suggest that flying in, unannounced, the day of the announcement (a day before the anniversary) was them acting in a sensitive way.
The NT police need to be cleared out root and branch, but given who’s in charge of the NT rn, they’ll probably get a pat on the back the extra emotional harm they’ve inflicted.
Same ol bullshit since 1788
White colonial culture is a superstructure organism of institutionalised narcissism. A highly evolved beast that has learned to efficiently employ a mask of empathy and fairness while it crushes a huge portion of it’s population every day to extract and control them with little regard.
Any society that was founded on the idea that it is normal for humans to not have their needs met, and that a tiny fraction of the population can hoard most of the nation’s wealth without consequence or care for the wellbeing of those it takes wealth from – must rely on extreme violence to enforce it’s worldview.
This is why people are far more unhappy now despite the fact that they have more access to consumer good than 500 years ago. We enjoy complete access to the world’s information, and yet a complete lack of access to our own body’s freedom of autonomy to meet it’s needs, explore the world and self-actualise.
So we will continue to see our society slide downhill until in 2 elections times fascists are elected by a highly desperate and alienated underclass being crushed under the weight of the narcissistic, condescending nation state that truly believes itself to be the only arbiter of “good” – an opinion that comes from classic literature like Hobbes -Leviathan. A book written by a man who was deeply abused and neglected by his parents, and therefore presumed the world was also uncaring and cold, and thus people were selfish. A threat and danger to be controlled. This is the text that underpins all western geopolitical thinking and policy decision-making. The intellectualised musings of a hurt little boy.
The west is the culture of hurt little men. Hurting others, taking from them, forcing a reaction and then using said reaction as evidence of their lack of morale standing. A measure by which they deserve the right to withdraw humanitarian treatment.
Disappointing but not surprising. Police can get away with most things.
We investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong, shocking.
– yes I am aware the investigation was done by interstate police. It’s police investigating police.
How much time passed between the scuffle and the death? Seconds, hours, days?…
Time to ask the complementarity question.
When has there ever been justice for any Aboriginal person who has died in custody?
Who the fuck would want to be a cop? You get to put your life on the line day after day for mediocre pay and conditions, knowing that every move you make during the heat of an incredibly stressful situation will be recorded, replayed and meticulously dissected by office dwellers everywhere should you end up connected to the injury or death of people who are statistically at higher risk of injury or death simply due to the circumstances that bring them to police attention.
And as you drive to yet another “how is this going to go for me?” call you get to drive past the ACAB graffiti on the wall sprayed by people who’s biggest struggle of the day is whether they have time for a second chai latte before lunch.
But yeah maybe there’s some incredible perk I am missing?
Wonder why they won’t release either the report, or the CCTV footage?
Every single time I see any posts on this subject related to Indigenous people, it is filled with upvoted comments in support of those who have wronged the Indigenous people and downvoted comments that are in support of Indigenous people. But Aus apparently “isn’t a racist nation”. This sub should be renamed r/whiteaustralia