Comment on Teen denies twice setting wire traps on bike path despite alleged video
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 weeks agoIt’s also the message it sends to society about how much a cyclist’s life is valued. If this young man gets a slap on the wrist it’s essentially saying cyclist’s are fair game. It’s no big deal if you put their lives at risk. Is that really the message we want to be sending?
NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 2 weeks ago
Nobody died. Nobody is saying people on bikes are free game. There are penalties between nothing and ten thousand years dungeon. You can do stuff like paying damages (years of debt for a kid like that! and actually helps the people hurt), suspended sentencing contingent on fulfilling behavioural therapy and no further convictions.
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s sheer luck that nobody died. If they shot random people on 2 separate occasions, but nobody died, would you say no prison time, just make him replace the blood soaked clothes?
NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 2 weeks ago
That is a preposterous comparison. There is actually a difference between obtaining a lethal weapon, pointing it at someone you can directly see and using it on them and booby trapping something in an unlikely to be lethal way. The psychology is completely different.
I’m not talking out my arse. I’m trans, I’ve been hunted, released, and hunted again over and over one night then left bleeding and concussed in a gutter to die. I know what violence is, I know what it feels like to be a victim. Putting young people in gaol because you’re scared and out for blood is a stupid thing to want unless your goal is turning a damaged kid into an unrepentant monster who’s going to spend their life lashing out.
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t think you understand the danger of what they did if you think this is a false comparison. Please take a minute to look into what an impact you would experience if that cyclist hit the ground head first. People die all the time in fights because their head smacked into the ground.
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I agree that putting people in prison often puts them on a worse path in life. But I think that is true for all crimes. What I disagree with is you trivialising this particular crime saying it’s unlikely to kill someone. That is not true. If you hit a wire at 30kph it’s very likely to kill you.