Zachary Rolfe expected to appeal dismissal from Northern Territory police

His reported termination follows a statement he published criticising the force and his prosecution over the shooting of Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker

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Zachary Rolfe is expected to make an appeal against a reported decision by the Northern Territory police to dismiss him from the force after the publication of an explosive 2,500-word statement attributed to the constable.

Rolfe was informed last week that the NT police planned to terminate his employment over the statement, published in February, that outlined a litany of criticisms about the force and Rolfe’s prosecution for the shooting of Kumanjayi Walker.

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