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The incident gained national attention after a video showing two children cable-tied on Radelic's property was live streamed on social media.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He was not given a fine, it was suspended for 12 months. He has essentially escaped consequence, which is just so disappointingly unsurprising for Western Australia.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is Western Australia like Texas?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A girl (American) I gamed with who married an Aussie, described Australia as a lot like America but more racist. Granted, that was 10yrs ago. So, maybe?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

30% of Australians are casual racists, which means the other 70% are full time.

Source

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It seems like country's that were/are heavily influenced by American culture are more racist than ones that aren't. I wouldn't be surprised if that was wrong though, humanity as a whole is pretty xenophobic

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Similar to Texas, it has its own secession movement.

Secessionism in Western Australia - Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secessionism_in_Western_Australia

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I think he left it in the trash can with his cold dead racist heart.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nice to know that I can restrain people in anyway I deem fit if I decide they are trespassing on my property, as long as I contact the police at some point... So reasonable. I hope someone does the same shit to him next time he goes to buy his roids.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Decency is stored in the neck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

What the fuck is wrong with some people?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Interesting that the same use of force on a third child wasn't unreasonable just because the kid managed to escape...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

The "unreasonableness" of the use of force was the duration, not the act itself. Police took 40 mins to come, so he ziptied them for 40 mins.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why aren't the parents in trouble? If I let my 6 year old daughter break into someone's backyard and swim in their pool I'd lose custody. This is the real problem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

In Australia you have to have a fence around any backyard pool, including shallow little blow up pools, because children will get into your yard and drown. So I guess it's expected. Also, going into someone's yard to get a lost ball was pretty normal when I was a kid and would not have resulted in losing custody.