- The president of the Bas-Rhin department, Frédéric Bierry, is worried about the ever-increasing number of delinquents under the age of 13.
- The elected representative wonders about the little response that our society brings today.
- Prevention, empowering families, the idea of “educational remedial action” penalties is gaining ground.
This is unacceptable ! ". It is in these terms that Frédéric Bierry, president of the departmental council of Bas-Rhin, began his remarks on Tuesday during the presentation of the wishes to the press. "A blow of mouth" in his words, against the violence that affected the department in 2019 and more particularly that of the evening of New Year's Eve. Words that have all the more resonance that again on Sunday evening, three firefighters were injured, including one with a knife, during a banal intervention in a district of Strasbourg.
But what worries especially the elected official, it is the youth of the delinquents which prevailed lately, many minors of less than 13 years even if it is not the main part of the troops, as confirms a police source, and against whom "the community seems to have no suitable response."
Violence of all kinds
"These are unprecedented violence facing the territory, especially against the police and firefighters, especially on New Year's Eve," said the elected official. "If they had not had their helmets they would, for some, have lost their lives," says Frédéric Bierry. “I will never accept that Alsace is a land of violence. "
What questions the elected official, who knows the subject well to also be co-chair of the working group on public policy for child protection in the National Assembly, is the young age of the delinquents, under 13 years old, girls and boys alike. "Suddenly, they are exempt, or almost, from criminal responsibility, under the 1945 ordinance", continues Frédéric Bierry. “Today we are faced with a serious situation, which is profound, a youth which is expressing itself more and more violently, and a society which has difficulty coping with this violence. "
Which solutions? Aware of a poverty rate that reaches 23% in Strasbourg, the department hopes for enhanced "health support". Without forgetting the fight against crime, with "a real action plan against early delinquency" assures Frédéric Bierry. And already the elected official is thinking of "educational remedial actions", little used on minors under the age of 13. But “we did not exempt ourselves from parental responsibility either, because today, we feel that it is insufficient. Will school lessons be necessary to become parents? Asked the chosen one.
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