We have a category 4 noooticer event, is starting to see trends

First Nations communities in Queensland are fearful for their young people after an angry mob descended on the home of two Aboriginal men in Rockhampton.

Well stop fricking robbing then

Scores of people were encouraged to the vigilante action on Sunday after a former One Nation candidate posted the names and photos of the young men, believed to be teenagers, in a Facebook group accusing them of crime.

What was the accusation? Was there evidence?

The Queensland Police Commissioner has since said they were acting on "wrong" information.

Morally or factually?

Aboriginal communities in Rockhampton and its surrounding areas are concerned more vigilante acts could occur.

And the locals fear for their generators

"It has caused a lot of fear within the community itself, especially young Indigenous kids," said Alwyn Doolan, who was born in Rockhampton and lives at Woorabinda Aboriginal Community.

"I've seen that they're now continuing separate [Facebook] pages around the areas of Rockhampton. So they have a Gracemere page that's happening now.

inb4: These are crime watch pages

Sunday's incident comes amid a heightened debate about youth crime in the area. The two young people, who live in a residential care home, were accused of being responsible for recent break-ins and car thefts.

If the gov tries opening a home near you just fricking move. Gangsters, male feminists, r*pe victims, whores and junkies are all gonna pass thru and in great amounts

Such examples of mistaken identity are not new. Chris Cunneen, a professor of criminology at UTS' Jumbunna Institute, said it was "a given" that such instances affect Indigenous youth more.

"Particularly when the kids were simply identified as being First Nations children, it actually leads to the potential for any First Nations person to be assaulted or abused," he told NITV.

no don't warn the locals they'll noootice patterns!