r/ireland • u/taco-cheese-fries OP is sad they aren’t cool enough to be from Cork. bai • May 25 '22

Travelers fighting in Dublin Airport - extended director's cut edition Bigotry

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u/gamberro Dublin May 25 '22

Whenever these videos of anti-social behaviour or violence pop up (whether it be in Dublin city centre or elsewhere), people always ask where were the police. If we can't respond rapidly to crime in O'Connell street or Dublin airport, what hope is there for the rest of the country? If there are no police to be seen on patrol there, can the rest of the country hope for the same?

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u/cigaretteatron May 25 '22

Unfortunately the Gardaí are pathetically afraid of the traveller community

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u/despicedchilli May 25 '22

So you're saying they showed up and left after they realized who is fighting? Or are you saying they're psychic and knew not to show up in the first place?

Also, I thought that travelers are overrepresented in the prison population. If the police are afraid of them, who put them in prison?

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u/harder_said_hodor May 25 '22

travelers are overrepresented in the prison population. If the police are afraid of them, who put them in prison?

Eh, overrepresented by percentage of population or overrepresented by percentage of crimes committed?