After Aboriginal youth Cameron Doomagee died in police custody on Queensland's Palm Island, an Aboriginal protest turned violent and the police station and courthouse were burned to the ground. Seventeen men and a young boy will be charged with various offenses, including arson. Palm Island, with a population of approximately 3,000, has one of the largest Aboriginal communities in Australia, and is fraught with alcohol abuse, unemployment, and domestic violence, according to the BBC. The island has been rocked by unrest since the death of Doomagee."
