A Nigerian truck driver with nine previous convictions who ran a red light before killing Irishman Gerry Whyte at a pedestrian crossing has been jailed for just one year in a case that has Irish people online questioning the prevalence of “Black Privilege” in Ireland.
Prince Aibangbe fled the scene after hitting Mr Whyte on the Swords Road, Whitehall, at the Collins Avenue Junction on May 30th last year but was later apprehended by Gardai after his truck was tracked down using CCTV footage.
The case has provoked shock and anger as people are questioning why the convicted criminal was still allowed on Irish roads and more to the point, why the criminal turned killer was still permitted to reside in Ireland at all.
The fact that he had not been deported and the mind bogglingly lenient sentence has led many to question why certain ethnicities in Ireland appear to receive more lenient treatment before the law.
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