Crime What should be his punishment?

[Richmma80]

We've been having grafitti problems in my neighborhood for about 6 months. They keep tagging boxes and now theyre tagging walls of houses. At 9pm last night, we had a dozen cop cars over here because a neighbor caught a tagger doing his wall and he beat up the kid. The kid is like 13 or 14 years old. I wasnt there, just heard the news. They arrested my neighbor.

What should be his punishment?

My prediction is liberals here will want him punished to the full extent of the law while conservatives think he should get a medal.

 

[mkess101]

I'd be livid if I found some kid spray painting shit on my house. But as a grown man, I know I'd have to have the self restraint to not attack and beat the kid up knowing he's a minor and not posing a physical threat to me or my family.

There's a caveat though. A lot of kids these days absolutely give zero fucks about authority, etc. When I was a kid we'd pull pranks and do dumb shit but we knew if we got caught we were in trouble. Seems like we've now got a lot of teens that straight DGAF if they get caught. We had a ton of car thefts happening a few years back by teens. When they did get caught and arrested, they mostly gave the cops the finger and said "I'll be out in an hour when my mom gets here, I'm a minor and they'll let me go so fuck you.". And...the kids were right. Barely ever got prosecuted even when they damaged the cars.
I bring that up because IF this is a situation (and it doesn't sound like it is because you'd probably have mentioned it) where the kid got caught, then didn't care and got an attitude and came at your neighbor first--then all bets are off. Minor or no, if you attack someone (even an adult) and get your ass beat that's on you. And while we'd never have dreamed of that as kids...it's commonplace now.

 

[Seano]

His punishment should be a pat on the back and commendation from local television and gov't officials.

 

[Bathwater]

He gets to bang the kid’s mom.

 

[Deaths Head]

Give them a mural to spray for the town make them feel they created something worth while , they won’t be tagging personal property anymore because they will then feel important if you give them some recognition.

Recreation or lack of is always the cause for mischief ( I can’t even say what I used to do ) tagging would be a day off it wouldn’t even rank in my top 5 . lol .

Easy fix is usually art ( I’m an artist myself ) wheather they are actually into art or just spaying stuff wouldn’t matter much when you create something it’s yours , doing a positive generally compromises doing negative, they can do community service and all that but it won’t fix the problem after awhile they’ll get bored again .

 

[oldshadow]

Depends on the damage he did to the kid. If he just ruffed him up a little while holding him for the police or curb stomped him.

If the kid was fighting him while he was holding him for the police and got ruffed up a little then the charges are bullshit.

So much for common sense.

If this is a blue state the homeowner is screwed if he even touched the kid no mater what he was doing

 

[lsa]

work in a factory for 5 years

 

[matheuss92]

Give them a mural to spray for the town make them feel they created something worth while , they won’t be tagging personal property anymore because they will then feel important if you give them some recognition.

Recreation or lack of is always the cause for mischief ( I can’t even say what I used to do ) tagging would be a day off it wouldn’t even rank in my top 5 . lol .

Easy fix is usually art ( I’m an artist myself ) wheather they are actually into art or just spaying stuff wouldn’t matter much when you create something it’s yours , doing a positive generally compromises doing negative, they can do community service and all that but it won’t fix the problem after awhile they’ll get bored again .

You make too much sense for a sherdogger.

 

[MMA IAN]

As the current cops told me, if you catch some kids drag em into the bush where there's no cameras to bash em

As the ex cops say if you bash em a bit too much don't call the cops call me

 

[Rob Battisti]

Give them a mural to spray for the town make them feel they created something worth while , they won’t be tagging personal property anymore because they will then feel important if you give them some recognition.

Recreation or lack of is always the cause for mischief ( I can’t even say what I used to do ) tagging would be a day off it wouldn’t even rank in my top 5 . lol .

Easy fix is usually art ( I’m an artist myself ) wheather they are actually into art or just spaying stuff wouldn’t matter much when you create something it’s yours , doing a positive generally compromises doing negative, they can do community service and all that but it won’t fix the problem after awhile they’ll get bored again .

Reward the criminal

 

[matheuss92]

Reward the criminal

But do you want them to stop or just punish them just for the feeling? Because this guys is clearly trying to think about something that would lead to less illegal graffiti. If just to punish them would stop the problem, why hasnt the problem stopped yet when people just beat the shit out of the kids?

 

[Seano]

Give them a mural to spray for the town make them feel they created something worth while , they won’t be tagging personal property anymore because they will then feel important if you give them some recognition.

Recreation or lack of is always the cause for mischief ( I can’t even say what I used to do ) tagging would be a day off it wouldn’t even rank in my top 5 . lol .

Easy fix is usually art ( I’m an artist myself ) wheather they are actually into art or just spaying stuff wouldn’t matter much when you create something it’s yours , doing a positive generally compromises doing negative, they can do community service and all that but it won’t fix the problem after awhile they’ll get bored again .

Yes, lets reward the kid for his felony vandalism. What a clever idea! How about happy meals for murderers and Dunkin gift cards for philes too?

 

[badascan]

Very little punishment for the adult if he didn't beat him excessively, should he be expected to know the criminal is a child?

The child should be severely punished for multiple reasons, not the least of which is a deterrent for future would-be property destroyers. Probably won't help since the child appears to be a simpleton willing to take huge risks for mindless activities but letting him off with a wrist slap is far worse than severely punishing him. And scenarios like this should almost require the parents be expected to uphold some punishment with potential consequences for not doing so as they've proven negligent to some degree.

 

[oldshadow]

Give them a mural to spray for the town make them feel they created something worth while , they won’t be tagging personal property anymore because they will then feel important if you give them some recognition.

Recreation or lack of is always the cause for mischief ( I can’t even say what I used to do ) tagging would be a day off it wouldn’t even rank in my top 5 . lol .

Easy fix is usually art ( I’m an artist myself ) wheather they are actually into art or just spaying stuff wouldn’t matter much when you create something it’s yours , doing a positive generally compromises doing negative, they can do community service and all that but it won’t fix the problem after awhile they’ll get bored again .

This is not about art. This is about the thrill of doing something "bad" it may be to impress friends or just for the rush it gives. The same as most boys (and some girls) look for in their teens. Some don't out grow that they just look for legal was to get it.

I was a hard core adrenaline junkie long into my adulthood. At my age now I have learned to control it, well 90% of the time anyway.

I never destroyed others property.

 

[Rob Battisti]

But do you want them to stop or just punish them just for the feeling? Because this guys is clearly trying to think about something that would lead to less illegal graffiti. If just to punish them would stop the problem, why hasnt the problem stopped yet when people just beat the shit out of the kids?

Because enough kids haven’t had the shit beat out of them?

If we just give thieves stuff for free they wouldn’t steal! Problem solved.

 

[AWilder]

While I understand the frustration and anger I don't think spray painting your wall gives you the right to beat up a kid.

 

[Deaths Head]

Yes, lets reward the kid for his felony vandalism. What a clever idea! How about happy meals for murderers and Dunkin gift cards for philes too?

Your an old fool ,nothing here to see and everyone knows it as well that comes into contact with you . You have a problem with this but not Trumps illegal activities ?

You must’ve been a real gem being around . Lol

 

[SmoothPies]

Kid was being an idiot but he's 14. What were you all like when you were 14?

You need to have the self control as a grown man to not be an idiot and beat up a child.

 

[Pittie Petey]

You were complaining about graffiti in your neighborhood for a lot longer than 6 months ago, story sounds like bullshit

 

[Rob Battisti]

I don’t condone beating a child at all, just to be clear.