Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

Last week, a 12-year-old girl in Scotland was charged with carrying an offensive weapon.

Video showed her brandishing a knife and a hatchet against a man while screaming at him to get away from her.

You can also hear her sister scream at the man in the background.

The girl claims that she and her sister were being sexually harassed and followed. The man claims that he

and his wife are on the way to shop when they were approached by the girls, cursed at and accused

of being an illegal migrant. A couple originally from Bulgaria are in Scotland legally. The police

sided with the man and says there's no evidence of

sexual harassment. The video used to charge the girl, which was taken by the man, shows him

walking toward her, goading her, to pull out the knife and the hatchet. As the girl backs away,

both she and her sister scream at the man to keep his hands off of them, obviously terrified.

Now, what exactly happened here is not clear.

What is clear is that things are not okay in the UK.

Among the many questions that need to be answered is why this girl was carrying these

weapons in the first place.

Scottish influencer and detransitioners, Shnade Watson commented on X, that she also carried a knife at that age because, and I quote,

working-class Scottish girls are never protected. And in fact, unchecked violence against girls by immigrants is a serious problem throughout the UK.

According to her recent report from the crowdfunded rape gang inquiry, there are 85 cities in England

where rape gangs operate. Often, police either turn a blind eye or even protect the rapist

who are predominantly Pakistani men instead of the girls that are the victims. The labor government

has only recently launched a national inquiry into the gangs after dragging its feet for

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