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Topic History of: Police now arresting 10 year old girls
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veritas |
are people assuming that hat has been printed is the truth ?
How can we know whether this girl did anything or not..? certainly not from a police report or a so-called witness.
Doesn't mean there aren't some nasty little kids out there but I reckon once you have to start handcuffing 10 year olds (or 5 year olds in the US) society has lost it's moral compass.
Sure there are gangs of aimless youths out there but it's the politician's fault..and always will be.
I watched a fascinating doco last night on the state of youth detention in NSW jails with a hideous hard right 'lock-em-up' attorney general who has changed bail laws so everyone ends up in jail for about 10 weeks including most who are found innocent or get a suspended sentence.
There are something like 3000 under 17 year olds locked up in jail and each one costs $1M a year to keep there. Contrast that with the state of Victoria which spends about $50K a year on each kid rehabilitating them and has under 300 in it's jails.
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In The Know |
Emma Bee wrote:
I believe the age of criminal responsibility is 10 years so I doubt that any lawyer would be able to get her compensation. She did attack someone, so it was right for her to be shown that there are consequences. It could have been handled better, but I think children are rather over-protected these days. Something between the two extremes would be about right, but we certainly must not send out the message that children can physically attack an adult and get away with it.
Agree fully with everything you say.
A punishment now may prevent further decline in this person. |
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Emma Bee |
I believe the age of criminal responsibility is 10 years so I doubt that any lawyer would be able to get her compensation. She did attack someone, so it was right for her to be shown that there are consequences. It could have been handled better, but I think children are rather over-protected these days. Something between the two extremes would be about right, but we certainly must not send out the message that children can physically attack an adult and get away with it. |
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Innocent Accused |
The comments at the Mail seem to be very much pro police on this. |
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Vince W |
It's funny, when I was brought up I was taught not to stroke dogs I didn't know.
Mind you, when I was 10 I wasn't hanging around with gangs of 20 other people aged 15/16 like she was reported to have been.
I also had respect for my elders and would never had answered back never mind slapping and pushing someone.
Unfortunately criminal apologists like BR are the reason kids can say and do what they like now while if adults say anything they get called "peados" and dragged away by police and later on get attacked by these kids "parents".
Will this child learn from her mistakes? No, she'll just know her rights and sue the police next time she does it...... |
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