As Belfast erupts again for another night, as locals attempt to rid their community of the deadly threat the authorities have planted in their midst, the mutilated victim's family speeaks out..in someone else's words?
Meanwhile, Mr Ogilvie's family said they were 'completely devastated' by what had happened and called for calm.
In a statement posted on the Facebook page of DUP MLA Phillip Brett, they said: 'We want to say a profound thank you to the local people who bravely stepped in during the attack.
'We are aware of the tensions and talk of protests following this incident. We want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward.
'We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including in our healthcare system and hospitality sector and we depend on them to make our country work.'
Noe, the appeal for calm I can believe, it's a natural response, not wanting your loved one's memory tarnished, but the appeal for migrants? Sorry, I just don't buy that as a typical response to having an imported low IQ savage who doesn't belong in the country butcher your loved one on the street. I wouldn't expect that from a 'Guardian' columnist, much less an ordinary family from Belfast! I sense the dead hand of the government behind this statement.
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Tangentially, re IQ: it is a truth universally acknowledged that malnutrition in utero and in childhood adversely affects brain development, causing impaired cognitive ability, impulsiveness and potential aggression.
It is also accepted fact that Sudan and neighbouring countries have suffered repeated famines exacerbated by ongoing civil war (aggression again) over the past five decades and more - even the Guardian couldn’t brush Live Aid under the carpet.
While IQ is something of a blunt instrument, multiple studies place the average in Sudan in the low 80s (with Somalia in similar statistical territory). It is, however, effectively taboo in official circles to join the dots and accept that migrants from the area might therefore be relatively unlikely to ‘make a deeply valuable contribution to our country’.
Slightly off topic, an ex RUC friend has suggested that a number of old scores were being settled during the protests, where premises were being attacked and using the anti immigration protests as a cover. To be honest, that wouldn't surprise me at all, knowing the mindset of some of the residents of Norniron.
Penseivat
This wasn't a migrant, it was a ****ing INVADER.
Years ago I made an arrest that caught the interest of the local paper-not that exciting but a bit quirky. I was contacted by the Met's press office for a quote but I refused. Days later the local paper and the Met website had a quote from me which I had not given. As you can imagine it mentioned the phrases "community" and "sends a clear message". That's why I don't believe this message from the grieving family as ordinary people would be too angry to be polite.
Jaded
Update . It seems that the daily mail broke a story over the weekend that a government think tank write these pro immigration anti violence messages allegedly from the victims families that have suffered from migrant related crime . I hope it’s true and this vermin govt get huge amounts of abuse over this
Jaded
Probably written by an official or senior Plod to fulfill their political agenda, who hijacked and coerced the family in a time of grief and vulnerability.
I know what I'd have said and would've included none of that soft, insulting and patronising, officialese and bureaucratic management-speak shite.
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