Alice Springs Australia Turns Into Chicago As Dozens Of Black Youths Riot After One Of Their Punk Friends Died In A Crash After Stealing A Car

Terrifying scenes emerged from Alice Springs on Tuesday afternoon with videos posted to social media showing a group of 150 rioters storming the streets and damaging cars and businesses.

Staff inside the Todd Tavern were forced to take cover as rioters kicked in doors and smashed windows with rocks and bricks.

Venue manager Craig Jervis told the ABC that staff at the tavern were shaken by the incident.

“I haven’t seen it this bad before,” he said.

“The ferocity in which they were trying to get in and the willingness to damage everything [and] anything was very scary.

“They [were using] branches and metal bars and throwing rocks and bricks through our windows … we just sort of barricaded ourselves in.”

The violence erupted after a funeral was held on Tuesday for an 18-year old man who had been killed in a car crash earlier this month.

He was one of nine youths joyriding in a stolen Toyota Hilux when it rolled.

The Australian reported the man was fatally crushed in the rollover and that the eight other youths who were in the vehicle fled the scene leaving the 18-year-old man to die on the side of the road.