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Originally Posted by dlishsguy
for example, im nots ure if you guys are aware of the sydney race riots but it occured over a scuffle between middle eastern youths and a life guard at a beach. it eascalated after shock jocks roused people up on talk back radio which filtered to TV and in the end we had SMS messages asking for peoples heads which finally led to the riots at cronulla.
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I think that the government of Australia is indirectly responsible for the later riots by "native" Australians. People riot for a reason. I'd say the reason is the perceived inaction by the Australian judicial system. The reasoning may have been: if the police doesn't take action, we will take action instead.
I see the same pattern over here: people are getting fed up with the fact that police are unable to stop criminals. In the eyes of many, the police spend too much time collecting fines from speeding motorists, and too little time on getting the "real criminals". People feel insecure, and nobody seems to be willing to help them; this feeling is reinforced with negative experiences (groups of youths hanging around), word-of-mouth (people they know have been robbed/attacked) and the media (reports of problems elsewhere). In such a situation, eventually they'll start helping themselves...
A possible solution:
police should enforce the law, and should arrest troublemakers, regardless of their ethnicity. They should be locked up for longer periods of time if they're repeat-offenders. Young criminals should get special attention (re-education?), to prevent them from re-offending. The idea is that criminals will have much more to gain from legal actions than from illegal ones; we should help them build up a future if they choose to uphold the law, and should punish them severely if they choose to break it.
Simultatiously, we should focus on the source of the problems: after all, criminals generally aren't born evil. Everyone should have the same opportunities in life, given the same qualifications. Of course, this is easier said than done... There are so many reasons for criminal behaviour that you can't do it all overnight.