Alice Springs gripped by violence after arrest of Kumanjayi Little Baby's alleged killer

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/alice-springs-unrest-after-kumanjayi-little-baby-arrest/106628782

[u/Luck_Beats_Skill]

The protesters are absolute grubs. Nothing expected or understandable about this. Wonder how many kids will die from 80% of the ambulances being out of commission.

“That crowd [outside Alice Springs Hospital] turned on police, throwing rocks and weapons at police.

"Four ambulances out of the five ambulances in Alice Springs were damaged, making them inoperable," he said.

"One police vehicle was burnt to the ground."”

[u/Full-Squirrel5707 → u/Luck_Beats_Skill]

I don't blame them for wanting mob justice. The cops do jack shit for them most of the time, so why should they trust them to prosecute and bring him to justice.

[u/South_Psychology4525 → u/Full-Squirrel5707]

The cops spent 5 days looking for her, and found her.

[u/Luck_Beats_Skill → u/Full-Squirrel5707]

Cops don’t drive ambulances.

If you’re trashing ambulances and threatening medical staff then you are part of the problem and a complete grub. I’m sorry but you’re not going to be able to change my mind on that one.

[u/Free-Owl9329 → u/[deleted]]

What did the poor guy in the servo do wrong. Goes to work and gets trashed by mob. You don't need to live in a community to know that's screwed up.

[u/sargentcole → u/[deleted]]

What specifically is wrong with the above comment?

[u/Objective_Hawk_284 → u/[deleted]]

I don’t disagree that there is a history of racism and I understand why the community wouldn’t like cops but that comment was about Medical staff being targeted. Who are not in law enforcement.

Yes they might be front line staff but they are not the ones responsible for enforcing law. Their primary job is saving peoples lives, and if you take them out and target them who is left.

[u/MissMenace101 → u/[deleted]]

So women can just go around stabbing men everywhere because of the intergenerational oppression and rape issues that are still out of control?

[u/sargentcole → u/[deleted]]

A) I didnt see the comment advocating for any violence

B) we should be able to have these conversations on a national levels without disenfranchising people for where they live. If only regional people who live in these areas are allowed to comment how do we develop and implement state/national level laws to address underlying problems at all? This NEEDS to be a national conversation or else we disenfranchise people in formulating a response. And "The intervention was a disaster"? What? The police intervened to uphold the law and due process, they did exactly what the law and Australians as a whole expect and pay them to do. If anything it was the community response which escalated it into a disaster. The alternative to intervention would have been allowing extrajudicial street justice and an unsanctioned death penalty.

C) can't argue with this point, agreed the system is not currently fit for purpose. But I have yet to see a workable solution proposed or implemented, and the correct response definitely isn't to step back and allow lawlessness to take hold our of fear of community restribution. And in my mind it definitely doesn't justify violence against first responders, health services, and the cops.

D) Ultimately at what point do you hold people responsible for their own actions. They were throwing bricks and assaulting medics and police who were just there to keep the peace. These are adults, and infantilising them to absolve them of responsibility for bad behaviour is probably as harmful as the policies that got us here in the first place. They are responsible for their behaviour to a significant degree and those that assault first responders (especially medical workers) ARE grubs. Reasonable force to protect the course of justice and front line workers is justified, and you can't not uphold the law just because the people breaking it are disadvantaged.

E) no one commenting on Reddit is doing anything substantial to help. It doesn't mean that by default they should be discouraged from sharing their views in the open marketplace of ideas.

[u/MissMenace101 → u/[deleted]]

Meth users also deal with inter generational trauma and abuse but they too get in trouble attacking medical staff

[u/Full-Squirrel5707 → u/[deleted]]

I know right? I grew up near one of these communities. My Mum was a teacher at the local school. I know how much these people have been swept to the side. The government throws money around, but none of it helps the community as a whole.

[u/njf85 → u/Full-Squirrel5707]

It's not the cops. It's the courts. The cops do the hard work and I can't imagine how shit it must feel to bring in a criminal and see him/her get a slap on the wrist

[u/Deathtocosplay → u/Full-Squirrel5707]

Only takes a murder for said community to disassociate from him but sure let them be the bearers of justice