The NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has apologised for injustices and harm inflicted on the Indigenous community by police over the past 150 years.
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00:00I'm deeply sorry to all Aboriginal Territorians for the past harms and injustices caused by
00:13members of the Northern Territory Police.
00:15I know that I cannot change or undo the past, but as a Police Commissioner, alongside with
00:21our police officers, we can commit to not repeat mistakes and injustices of the past.
00:30It's not just the racism that people may say that they face when they deal with police
00:44forces.
00:45The police officers on the street, it will also be looking at policies, legislations.
01:00I'm deeply sorry to all Aboriginal Territorians for the past harms and injustices caused by
01:07members of the Northern Territory Police.
01:09I know that I cannot change or undo the past, but as a Police Commissioner, alongside with
01:16our police officers, we can commit to not repeat mistakes and injustices of the past.
01:21It's not just the racism that people may say that they face when they deal with police
01:26forces.