AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINALS 2
The Australian Aboriginals
The program ‘The Tall Man’ shows several gruesome events happening to the people of
the Aboriginal community of great palm island in Australia. The video and media coverage
discloses how murder, injustice, racism, impunity of the government, false accusations of
innocent people, violence, humiliation, and corruption in the law enforcing system affected the
indigenous people of Palm Island. Such occurrences are so disgusting in society. In fact, upon
watching the video, it would be irrational to hesitate provision of gloomy and sad emotions
toward the manner in which individuals are being treated in the society today.
In the program, a 36 years old man called Cameron Doomadgee from Aboriginal
community was arrested for being drunk and making public noise and brutally killed by a
policeman named as Christopher Hurley (mediasite.jcu.edu.au, 2016, 00:32:00-00:42:00). This is
an unjust and irrational act among authorities. This resulted in riots after which an indigenous
activist Mr. Wotton, was falsely accused based on racism and jailed for stirring violence.
Following this incidence, it is clear that unjust and human exploitation based on racism is
dominating in society today. However, the Federal Court ruling condemned Queensland Police
for breaking the Racial Discrimination Act and compensated an amount equivalent to $220 000
to Mr. Wotton and his family (NITV, 2017). With respect to the court ruling, it is satisfying to
note that the court system empress accountability.
However, the entire narrative does not promote justice and equality as the state
government, and the Queensland Police Service appealed the court's orders afterward (Lily,
Sally, and Laura, 2018). Such an act displays an autocratic kind of governance. The president of
the Queensland Police Union, Mr. Leavers, protects the police officers claiming that they are not
racist. He said the police were working in difficult situations hence they are under pressure. Also,

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Australian Aboriginals: Injustice, Racism, and Cultural Sensitivity

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