One Punch Can Kill Speaker

One Punch Can Kill 

On Tuesday 8^th of May, we welcomed Caterina Politi to Scoresby Secondary College. We were given the opportunity for Caterina to talk to us about street violence and the dangers of one single punch. During her speech she spoke about a tragedy that occurred in 2012, where she lost her 22 year old son, David Cassai, in an unprovoked ambush. 

As months went by Caterina mentions how she fought for stricter laws on the damages of one punch. Around the time the laws changed for one punch deaths to be charged with manslaughter and the minimum years in jail is now 10 years. She didn’t stop there, she moves on talking about the fight to put more cameras in Rye, Mornington Peninsula. Where David lost his life that on the other side of the road there were no cameras. Fast forward 5 years, the Mornington Peninsula Shire has installed 13 new cameras in the Rye pier/ foreshore/car park area and all visions will live stream to Rosebud Police Station.

Caterina shared a video about David Cassai, showing the memories he shared with his close friends and family members. Caterina spoke of her reason for visiting schools which is to talk to students, schools and other groups to persuade the younger generations that it’s always easier to walk away because we lose something. Which could be 10 years of our lives or it could be the fact that we will always be remembered by Google or our close family and friends.

In the speech, we all learnt a valuable lesson and that was ‘It’s easier to just walk away than to ruin your life or a stranger's. 

Skye Inwood Year 11 VCAL student