[Link] Zachary Rolfe trial: no ‘reasonable’ grounds for shooting Kumanjayi Walker second and third time, court hears

Read: 1/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

Police officer Zachary Rolfe did not have “reasonable” grounds to shoot Kumanjayi Walker a second and third time, and the second and third shots provided no tactical advantage in the attempted arrest of the Aboriginal man, a former Northern Territory police defensive tactics trainer told Rolfe

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[Link] Company that retains exclusive rights to make Aboriginal flags says government has ‘misled’ community

Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

The federal government’s announcement that it has “freed” the Aboriginal flag is misleading and has been seriously misinterpreted, according to the company which still holds the exclusive licence to make Aboriginal flags for sale.

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[Link] 7 News apologises for wrongly identifying Aboriginal man as suspect in Cleo Smith case

Read: 4/11/2021 www.sbs.com.au

Seven News has apologised for identifying an Aboriginal man as the 36-year-old suspect that was arrested by WA police over the Cleo Smith abduction. The network published a number of photographs of the man on Wednesday along with his name.

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[Link] New Zealand gang leaders unite to urge community to get Covid shots

Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Seven New Zealand gang leaders, representing four of the countries most well-known street gangs, have joined forces in a video urging their communities to get vaccinated, in a concept that was conjured up by a government minister.

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