While the nation continues to unpick and pore over the tragic life of a 17-month-old boy, Barnardo's has been airing an online film showing gun-toting adults hunting children as if they were wild animals. The adults describe their target as "feral, cruel and ruthless", as "animals" who "destroy people's lives". The dialogue is based entirely on comments made by the public on UK newspaper websites.
Of course, some children commit crimes and need to be dealt with - but the British public overestimates, by a factor of four, the amount of crime committed by young people. This week the charity follows up with a primetime TV campaign to raise awareness of the plight of abused and vulnerable children. It depicts the cycle of crime, violence, drugs and despair from which a young girl cannot break free.
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