Today on The Breakdown, we revisit the Kumanjayi Walker episode of 15 March 2022. On Friday, 11 March, Constable Zachary Rolfe was found not guilty on three charges, including murder, related to the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker in the Northern Territory in November 2019. As soon as the verdict was reported, the Blaktivists and the race hustlers sought to capitalise on the result. Walker's life was horrific and he made the lives of those around him just as bad. His life and the reaction to his death tells us a lot about how can't have mature conversations about race or Indigenous disadvantage. Instead, we patronise Indigenous Australians and avoid the harsh conversations we need to have. Today, we have one such conversation. Investigative journalist Kristin Shorten wrote the articles on which the bulk of this episode was based. This is journalism at its absolute finest: tough, difficult, uncompromising, truthful storytelling. It can't have been an easy assignment on any level. It's the reason you pay for journalism - these are the stories that need to be told. It is superb work.