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ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ".'DOES THAT MEAN GARDA POWERS CAN BE ABUSED IN WORKING-CLASS AREAS AS COMPARED TO MIDDLE-CLASS AREAS?FOR INSTANCE YOU SEE A CHECK-POINT IN THE DISTANCE BUT YOUR GOING THAT WAY BECAUSE YOUR BRINGING YOUR SON HOME WHO HAPPENS TO HAVE A DISABILITY THE ARMED GARDI ARE THERE AS WELL AS UNIFORMED,YOU STOP THE YOUNG UNIFORMED GARDA SAYS GOOD EVENING,YOU SAY GOOD EVENING HE ASKS FOR YOUR LICENCE YOU HAND IT TO HIM HE GOES IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR AND STARTS WRITING IN HIS INCIDENT BOOK .
HE COMES BACK AND THEN ASKS FOR YOUR INSURANCE YOU HAND THAT TO HIM ,HE GOES IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR AGAIN AND WRITES INTO HIS BOOK,HE COMES BACK AGAIN AND ASKS IF YOU WERE DRINKING YOU SAY NO ,HE THEN GOES AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR AND OPENS THE DOOR AND ASKS MY SON HIS NAME,MY SON CANT SPEAK OR HEAR SO I ANSWERED FOR HIM.HE THEN CAME BACK TO ME SAID STEP OUT OF THE CAR AND RECITED SOMETHING ABOUT THE DRUGS ACT,HE GOT ME AND MY SON TO EMPTY ALL OUR POCKETS AT THIS STAGE I ASKED TO SEE HIS ID HE SAID HE HADENT GOT ANY HIS UNIFORM WAS HIS ID?HE SEARCHED THE CAR INSIDE OUT AND SAID OK YOU CAN NOW GO.DOES THIS GO ON IN MIDDLE CLASS AREAS?"