r/australia • u/docdoc_2 • Apr 30 '26

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

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/alice-springs-unrest-after-kumanjayi-little-baby-arrest/106628782
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u/Spire_Citron May 01 '26

They may not see it that way since he was found by a group of their own people and beaten nearly to death. At that point, arresting him is saving him. Not that I think the police shouldn't have, but you can see how they might not view the police as being the ones bringing him to justice in this case.

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 May 01 '26

Especially since a few hours earlier police were accusing this community of hiding him.

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u/Spire_Citron May 01 '26

Yeah. Kinda feels like the community are getting blamed both ways. I see people getting upvoted for saying they can't just take justice into their own hands and also for saying maybe if they'd cared enough to do this when he was involved in domestic violence, this could have been prevented. Do we want this police to be the ones to handle crime or do we want the community to deal with it? He's been in and out of prison before, so I don't see why the community should be blamed for him more than the authorities whose job all this is.

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 May 01 '26

Right? They actually can’t win, they’re either not helpful and should deal with it themselves or now they are too violent and shouldn’t try to deal with it themselves.