In Alice Springs, a young Indigenous man named Kumanjayi White died on the floor of a supermarket after being restrained by plainclothes police officers — and no one has been charged. His family, denied both reasons and the identity of the decision-maker behind the non-prosecution, has turned to the courts not to demand a verdict, but to demand the conditions under which accountability becomes possible. It is an old and recurring question in Australian life: who holds the power to decide that a death does not warrant an answer, and to whom are they answerable?
Family of Indigenous man who died in police custody launches legal action over no-charge decision
Kumanjayi White, 24, an Indigenous man with cognitive impairment, died after being restrained by police in a supermarket, leaving his family without answers or accountability.