Sunday, December 11, 2005
A Bigoted Cop With More Money Than Sense.
An Ulster police officer is pursuing a case against the Chief Constable who introduced new uniforms for the Police Service of Northern Ireland and, if he loses the case, will have to pay the legal costs of £10,000.
He accuses the Chief Constable of "political and religious" discrimination over the colour of the uniform - green, with white shirt and a gold badge - and says it is representative of Sinn Fein and the IRA. He says it causes offence and injury to his feelings when he sees it worn.
The only thing this cop is proving, at great expense to himself, is that he is a religious bigot, and that there should be no place for him in the PSNI. A police officer with views like his cannot be entirely neutral, so cannot be trusted to carry out his duties fairly and properly in a place like Northern Ireland.
If he loses this case, and surely he will, he should have his uniform stripped off him as they take his ten grand and kick him off the force, along with any others who feel the same way as him.
He accuses the Chief Constable of "political and religious" discrimination over the colour of the uniform - green, with white shirt and a gold badge - and says it is representative of Sinn Fein and the IRA. He says it causes offence and injury to his feelings when he sees it worn.
The only thing this cop is proving, at great expense to himself, is that he is a religious bigot, and that there should be no place for him in the PSNI. A police officer with views like his cannot be entirely neutral, so cannot be trusted to carry out his duties fairly and properly in a place like Northern Ireland.
If he loses this case, and surely he will, he should have his uniform stripped off him as they take his ten grand and kick him off the force, along with any others who feel the same way as him.
© Colcam 2005-2007
