A radio interview with a young woman, identified only as Emma, who was allegedly assaulted by the same gang that later stabbed a teenage boy in Cork on Saturday night, has gone viral and provoked yet more outrage over the apparent inaction of the Gardai.
In the 96FM interview Emma describes who while waiting for her friend at Carrigaline complex park she saw the gang of around 20 youths who were harassing three other young teens kicking them in the face and knocking them to the ground.
After Emma tried to stop the beating of these boys she was met with verbal abuse and threats which escalated minutes later as one of the gang attacked her, kicking her and beating her before her friend arrived to pull her away.
Most disturbingly however, was the reaction of the Garda to Emma’s distraught sister who witnessed and reported the attack.
Emma described the general disinterest of the Garda in Carrigaline, who must have been aware of the gang as they had posted a number of videos of themselves terrorising the town that day.
However, many have commented on social media that Gardai are afraid to enforce the law in cases where they are dealing with members of an ethnic minority for fear of provoking wide disturbances and accusations of racism.
While the veracity of these claims cannot be confirmed or denied one thing is certain, had the Gardai been allowed to do their jobs a young boy from Cork would not have ended up being beaten, robbed and almost stabbed to death on Saturday night.
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