Blood Sisters
“If he had been an ordinary suspect, they simply would have sent two uniformed gardaí around to knock on his door and take him into custody.
Paddy Fearon, though, was a prominent figure among the Travellers, which made his arrest much more contentious and political. Not only that, they were going to arrest him at the Spring Lane Halting Site, which because of its condition had been the subject of fierce protests from the Pavee community for years. As Superintendent Pearse said, it would be as se...nsitive as the American police arresting a black activist in a rundown ghetto.
He looked around at the twenty gardaí assembled in the briefing room and said, ‘No matter what verbal provocation you get from the Travellers – and you know as well as I do that they’ll be giving you an earful – you are not to respond.’ ‘What if they start tossing rockers?’ asked one young officer.
‘Then, of course, that’s different. It’s possible that you may have to resort to physical force in order to effect the arrest, or to keep the peace, or to protect yourselves from injury.MoreLess
Paddy Fearon, though, was a prominent figure among the Travellers, which made his arrest much more contentious and political. Not only that, they were going to arrest him at the Spring Lane Halting Site, which because of its condition had been the subject of fierce protests from the Pavee community for years. As Superintendent Pearse said, it would be as se...nsitive as the American police arresting a black activist in a rundown ghetto.
He looked around at the twenty gardaí assembled in the briefing room and said, ‘No matter what verbal provocation you get from the Travellers – and you know as well as I do that they’ll be giving you an earful – you are not to respond.’ ‘What if they start tossing rockers?’ asked one young officer.
‘Then, of course, that’s different. It’s possible that you may have to resort to physical force in order to effect the arrest, or to keep the peace, or to protect yourselves from injury.MoreLess
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