Are young offenders such a mystery?
Is it such a mystery why young teenagers have been so easily recruited to be foot soldiers for gangs? Families are living on a shoestring. If a kid knows their parents can’t pay the rent or can’t buy enough food, or if they want money for themselves, and someone’s dangling $1500 for a quick arson, is it so hard to see why this would attract a kid?
SMD 08:43 on 2024-10-22 Permalink
Exactly. I shouted out loud when CBC Radio covered this story and concluded with the police chief saying he needed more money. Spend it on improving the material conditions of the poor and marginalized, not their repression!
bob 09:55 on 2024-10-23 Permalink
Do you think it is more likely that these kids are buying groceries or buying shoes?
Kate 14:07 on 2024-10-23 Permalink
If their parents can’t afford to buy them shoes…