cods wrote on May 18^th, 2019 at 9:36am:



What 'other road' ?

by age 14, he's been told what comprises honesty and what does not

he's not five

and doubt this is his first offence

If not pulled up hard in his tracks, his future looks doubtful.  It's easy to steal.  Easy to get things that other people either pay for or do without

he knew he was stealing

I see it every week -- private school kids stuffing their jackets with stolen goods, in gangs, knowing the fake security guards cannot touch them.  They walk straight through the check out behind their one mate who pays for a small packet of chewing gum

they go on to be thieving accountants, bank workers, political thieves, common and garden thieves, parcel thieves, mail thieves

it becomes an addiction

nay, a 'right'

and their idiotic parents slaving away to pay expensive private school fees when their kids are going nowhere and are thieving while the parents are driving their hire payment four wheels through traffic to the mortgaged to the hilt house/unit

and their kid is laughing in their stupid faces, stuffing itself with stolen calories prior to claiming it's not hungry when that nutritious fast food is put on the table before it

I'd prefer Sharia law to be implemented before I'll encourage the disintegration of society because we're all suddenly so liberal

Thou shalt not steal

knowing theft is wrong and knowing how to control our primate urges is what separates us from apes

mothra wrote on May 17^th, 2019 at 11:03pm:
Im calling bullshyte. Guaranteed the kid is a serial criminal offender.

As far as I know, you need to have lost the value of $150 worth of goods before a store can seriously prosecute someone, irrespective of age. Back in 1997, a child walked into our store and grabbed a bottle of coke (worth $2.75 back then). I would say that the child probably was not even 10 years old, then. The boss, a real redneck for a businessman, made a point about his store (technically) being robbed. He wanted to have the police involved for a loss of $2.75.

You don't hold children 14 years of age over deodorant and chocolate bars. If anything, this 'robbery' could be classed in the same context as what has happened in my town. Hungry kids stealing food and spray cans to ward off hunger. Does not make it right what they do. But, depriving them of their liberty is not right, either.

Laugh till you cry wrote on May 18^th, 2019 at 12:21pm:



So when is enough....enough?
I bet this kid has been dealt with on more than  a dozen occasions. I bet this kid has stolen from the shop on more than  a dozen occasions.

Seems like now...enough is enough.

We don't have the full story here. We have propaganda raised by reporters to slander the actions of Qld police. How avout the police start releasing the history of offenders so we can see how many times this turd has been apprehended? Fkkkn great idea I recon. If the press run propaganda like this then the other side of the story needs to be told. Then you'll find the truth somewhere in the middle.

Now I'm the first to tell the cops to back off but if I keep repeating myself then I'd let my kid go for a stint...but I have control over my kids. I know what they're up to and I have them face their problems and bad decisions head on.

And yes. I'm happy to hold a half prejudice against the mother because I have experience with these types.
I bet she is a typical native and educates her kids with the fuct attitude that comes from the natives. Racist? No. Truth...HELL YEAH!

John Smith wrote on May 18^th, 2019 at 9:17am:
Correct. And thats why it didnt happen, there is far more to this story. I would suggest that this kid is a serial offender with other charges and has a highly dysfunctional family background, that is the basis for his detention. Its nonsense to suggest that police anywhere in Australia are detaining kids for weeks on end simply for stealing chocolate, they simply do not have the latitude to do so.

rhino wrote on May 18^th, 2019 at 1:56pm:


I'd rather restrict my comment to the facts we do have, ie, that he was locked up for 3 weeks without access to the outdoors for stealing a chocolate bar .. everything else is pure speculation and anyone can make up anything.  Until someone puts up something more substantial, all I have is the story in the OP. Based on that, and that only, the police in question should be shot for treating a 14 year old like that.

John Smith wrote on May 18^th, 2019 at 2:01pm:
Why on earth would you be so gullible as to believe an article which you admit only presents part of the facts? The far left loves useful fools like yourself.