Teen denies twice setting wire traps on bike path despite alleged video

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• vividspecter@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Read it as “wire tap” for a moment, and thought that was an odd thing to do.

  This sort of shittiness reminds me of coal rolling. Just pointless anti-social behaviour likely aimed at “greenies”, although this is even more dangerous of course.

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  • Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s nothing like coal rolling.

    This is like killing dogs and cats

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    • shasta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I think it’s more like killing humans on bicycles.

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• DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hope they throw away the key!

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  • NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s horrible but he’s 18. This isn’t some unredeemable monster, just a stupid kid who’s done something awful. A long imprisonment is like the worst thing possible, killing him would be kinder, cheaper, and less likely to lead to future crimes.

    Again he’s 18. Hooking him up with a social worker and a therapist is likely the best for society and the kid.

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As someone in the !adelaide@aussie.zone thread said, once could be explained as an impulsive stupid kid. Two separate occasions shows deliberate intent to cause serious harm or death.

      While I wouldn’t say they’re totally irredeemable, this is easily serious enough to warrant a significant gaol sentence, not merely a therapist while being otherwise on his own recognisance.

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    • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Unless he’s mentally disabled he’s more than old enough to know this will hurt people, and badly. It should be charged as attempted murder. And if you think that’s too much you should know putting a wire across the road or trail to disable gunners and other people standing out of a vehicle, is literally a military ambush tactic.

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    • JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      18 is at least 8 years older than I tend to expect someone to know this level of right and wrong. This is potentially deadly. This is serious. He’s an adult.

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