NT Police Commissioner apologises to Indigenous Territorians for past harm and injustice | ABC News
The Northern Territory’s police commissioner has delivered an apology to First Nations people for pain the NT Police Force has caused since it was founded in 1870. Speaking at a Yolŋu ceremony area at the Garma Festival on Saturday afternoon, Commissioner Michael Murphy said: “I am deeply sorry to all Aboriginal Territorians for the past harms and the injustices caused by members of the Northern Territory Police.” Commissioner Murphy said although the NT Police Force had aimed to work effectively with Aboriginal people over its 154 years of policing, “we acknowledge …we have made mistakes”. He addressed the harms caused by police during Australia’s colonial era, saying officers often “saw themselves as duty bound to protect settlers and their property when Aboriginal people resisted their incursions”.
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