A quiet Saturday-night ride for a Mackay father and son will be memorable for all the wrong reasons.
As Shane Kapitzke was being subjected to a profane tirade and being mocked for his disability, he was worried about one thing — his 22-year-old son standing nearby.
Video from a body-worn camera that has almost 40,000 views on YouTube shows Mr Kapitzke outside a fast-food restaurant being threatened by a man and teenage boy who claimed Mr Kapitzke had touched their car.
"I was thinking mostly about the repercussions and the aftermath of potential violence. As well as my son, I've got a daughter," he said.
"I didn't want to have to come home with a black eye or busted nose and explain to her I didn't control my behaviour.
"I don't have the de-escalation skills to handle a situation like that ... I didn't want to leave Jake out there by himself."
The man and boy continued the swearing and threats for about eight minutes before driving away.
Attacks over prosthetic arm
In the video posted by Mr Kapitzke, he was belittled for having a prosthetic arm.
"It's good to see you got no arm too, you piece of s***, you deserve it," the man said.
"That's the only reason you're not getting f***ing punched out, c***.
"Your sympathy f***ing thing is gonna go out the window in a moment."
Mr Kapitzke said he did not take the comments personally.
"I wasn't really offended by all that," he said.
"I could just see that he was reaching around for a button to press, he needed that violent reaction."
Facebook and YouTube users have created dozens of memes mocking the perpetrators, who kept hold of their soft-serve ice creams throughout the incident.
Mr Kapitzke said he welcomed the comical response condemning the behaviour.
"Heck yeah, it's great. I don't want people patting me on the back calling me a legend or anything weird like that, they should just see, 'Hey, we don't put up with that'.
"You get that reaction, 'Oh Mackay's terrible, Mackay's terrible', [but] I don't know if it is if all of the people are acknowledging this is bad behaviour and it's not tolerated."
A man in his 40s and a youth, who are known to each other, have been charged with threatening violence.
The man is due to appear in Mackay Magistrates Court in late October. Police do not release information on court appearances for people under 18.
