Army in Shannon - one rule for the middle classes, another for the working classes

national | miscellaneous | news report Tuesday February 04, 2003 19:36 by John Costigan

The working class get away with murder

So the Army are to defend the planes in Shannon.
Last year the Gardai battered a group of middle class protesters on the streets of Dublin. Now the Army may do the same thing to another middle class group in Shannon.

But if you're a working class scumbag and practice the following:
- Drug dealing
- Joyriding
- Demanding protection money
- Stealing/Mugging
- Violent assault

you can expect to get away with it. That's why the people in Limerick [and the rest of the country] do what they do - because they know the Gardai are afraid of them and at most they'll get a light jail sentence.

The vast majority of violent crime in this country is committed by those from the "socially disadvantaged areas". That will not change. Time to start the heavy jail sentences and stop treating those victims of crime with disdain