Youth crims frustrate
WE read an article in your paper (29/5) about a young Townsville father’s fate in the Queensland court system.
It would seem this young man became a victim to yet another car rampage that has become the norm for Townsville streets these days.
Rampages carried out by “juvenile” car thieves (criminals) taking pleasure in terrorising innocent people going about their lives, tormenting the police and making a mockery of society in general without consequence.
The real victim here is Kyal Frunks.
While most may not condone his actions as portrayed by the media, and we are not privy to the real events, we can all understand why he was led to take them.
He was put at risk by irresponsible individuals, we can only imagine the shock and fear that he would have experienced by being rammed and can also comprehend the anger and frustration that followed.
The police have a duty to keep us all safe, we all know they are frustrated by the constant call to attend to repeated crimes such as house break and enters, car theft and rampages on our streets by these young criminals.
We all know the police are trained to pursue these speeding cars in the hands of young delinquents, they are also trained to control the situation and to cease when it becomes “dangerous”.
Unfortunately the public is not trained to cope with this.
We are all frustrated and it is no surprise that those randomly caught up in these dangerous situations are now tempted to pursue these juvenile criminals in the hope of stopping them.
While this may not be seen to be the right choice, the most unfortunate outcome is that they are now the ones met by the law to face serious consequences themselves. Meanwhile the real criminals walk away yet again.
A question needs to be asked, what was the consequence, if any, for the “juveniles” driving the stolen vehicle, the ones responsible for the altercation in the first instance that left this young family man facing court?
When is the Queensland Government going to realise that the laws need to be revised with regards these young offenders and their repeated criminal acts?
We are all frustrated by the blatant disregard these young offenders have for the general public, the total disrespect for law and order and the lack of remorse for their actions.
Time the law made an example of them, made them face severe consequences for their repeated criminal actions before there is a fatality at their hands. The fact it hasn’t happened yet most likely attributed to “blind good luck”.
The Queensland justice system has failed the people of Queensland for long enough.
Step up, protect our citizens, time to stop enabling these “juveniles” from making a mockery of our society.
MARISKA BARNETT, Mt Louisa.