Why should people obey the law where there are no sanctions or penalties?
Today's "The West Australian" headline screams "60 000 drivers suspended as unpaid fines hit $191 million". It is no wonder the cycle of offending continues when there are no sanctions for many offences. If there are no sanctions or consequences, why worry about offending?
Under McGinty's phoney and debased justice system, if a person commits an offence and is fined and doesn't pay, they lose their driver's licence. So what, because more often than not you don't know you have lost your licence.
If you're Aboriginal you will eventually get a work order for an offence you committed years before. Some may not even remember the offence because of a string of intervening offences. Chances are that someone within the community will sign off your work order, just to acquit it (get rid of it). No penalty! McGinty has ensured that agreements are signed only with Aboriginal Corporations (ot individuals) for supervision of work orders. No one person is ever responsible. Anyone working for the corporation can ingratiate themselves with the community individual by signing off the work order.
When you debase the justice system, the police are wasting their time.
The Desert Rat knows the justice system is a sham and McGinty is doing nothing to fix it? McGinty possibly thinks it is working wonderfully - so deluded has the self-appointed Emperor become.
The Desert Rat know that McGinty has been given some innovative solutions to this problem but has ignored them.
McGinty's idea of justice is reflected in the fatal treatment of Aboriginal Elder Ian Ward (personally known by the Desert Rat). Ian Ward the former Chairman of the Warburton Community was trucked from Laverton to Kalgoorlie (without water) for some stupid reason to face a drink driving offence. Under animal crue;lty law, even cattle have to be removed from truck and given water - but not Aboriginal people it seems.
Why wasn't Ward's alleged offence heard by a magistrate in Warburton on the normal magistrates round (they now have two magistrates!) or dealt with by video conference from Laverton. If there is an expensive way to do it and waste money, McGinty will find it! If Ward was guilty and sentenced he could have been picked up at at later date at much less expense. Read what Grump Jack has to say about this scandal here.
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