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The Irish perspective on police violence (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/france
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In Ireland we used to have a violent police force. They often killed people. They were kind to the majority and abusive to the minority. They protected the government, not the people. It was just like France.

The people protested, for many years. They forced the government to disband the police. In 2001, a new peaceful police was created.

It worked very well. Today, Ireland is peaceful.

Change is possible.

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[–] krodnoc 35 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It should be clarified that OP is referring to Northern Ireland, and not the Republic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yes you are right. In southern Ireland the same thing happened, but in 1921, and in very different circumstances.

[–] sorenant 1 points 2 years ago

This clarification wouldn't be needed if Ireland were unified. Just saying.