The injuries that surrounded Mulrunji’s death raised questions within the Indigenous community; retaliations of riots broke out on the Island as the community grieved and questioned the events and circumstances of his death. Mulrunji’s death was thought of as cold blooded murder throughout the Indigenous community on the Island, with an estimated 400 people involved in the Palm Island riots sparked by the death (Stenning, pp2, 2014). The riots traveled through to the police station where barriers were burned down, continuing to the local courthouse and eventually Sergeant Hurley’s home. The media sensation that surrounded the Palm Island riots brought to light political questions surrounding Mulrunji’s death, specifically relating to the 1990
