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Rolfe tells NT court that almost immediately after asking Walker to put his hands behind his back he started to resist

Constable Zachary Rolfe told the court he was trained to shoot assailants armed with edged weapons until they are incapacitated, "no matter how many rounds that takes".

Rolfe, who the court heard shot Aboriginal man three times while trying to arrest him, called as first defence witness

A police training expert tells the NT Supreme Court that the first shot fired by Constable Rolfe at Yuendumu man Kumanjayi Walker was justified, but the second and third fired seconds later were not reasonable or necessary. WARNING: This article contains body-worn footage of the shooting shown during the trial.