Dad confronts kids and throws scooters at a skate park in the Lismore suburb of Goonellabah
A video on social media showing a father grabbing a child he alleged has been bullying his son at a skatepark in the state’s north is being investigated by police. They have been told a group of 12-year-old boys threatened another 12-year-old boy and the man retaliated by grabbing the bully and throwing his scooter. GRAPHIC WARNING: VIDEO.
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A video on social media showing a father grabbing a child he alleged has been bullying his son at skatepark in the state’s north is being investigated by police.
About 5.30pm on Sunday, police have been told a group of 12-year-old boys were at a skate park in Lismore, when they started to verbally abuse and threaten another 12-year-old boy.
The youths allegedly chased the other boy up the street, before they returned to the skate park.
The 12-year-old boy returned to the skate park with a man, believed to be his father, where the boys have taunted him again.
The man allegedly assaulted one of the youths and threw his scooter.
The footage which was posted on the Facebook group North Coast Crime shows a man confronting a group of children at a skate park in Goonellabah.
The video showed the man grab one boy by the throat before pushing another boy down a half-pipe, before he grabbed scooters belonging to the children before throwing them away.
The Northern Star reported this morning that Richmond Police District supervising officer Sergeant Daniel Magrin said although no formal complaint has been made, the incident is being investigated.
“The video was posted 14 hours ago but we have not received a formal complaint from anyone over an assault of those children,” he said.
“It looks like a case where the gentleman involved is a father of a child he perceived was being bullied at the skatepark by some children and he has taken matters into his own hands.
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“The man has been identified by police and that matter will be investigated … all the parties involved are known to police.”
Sgt Magrin said police were already investigating matters involving the children the man accused of bullying his son.
“Action is being initiated being police on those young persons over previous incidents as there has been conflict between a number of children at the skatepark,” he said.
“Action is being taken again several young person involved.
“This is part of an ongoing matter.”
Since the video was posted there have been around 800 comments with many people supporting the parent defending his child from alleged bullying.
However, Sgt Magrin said while video’s are useful in identifying people involved in incidents police preferred to be contacted directly rather than them being posted.
“Without the video we would have no report or witnesses,” he said.
“But we would prefer that instead of posting it to social media you bring directly to police to investigate.”
Originally published as Dad confronts kids and throws scooters at a skate park in the Lismore suburb of Goonellabah
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