Thursday, January 26, 2006

[Australia - NSW] Iemma plays the race card on crime / Sydney Morning Herald, 22 Jan 2006

http://digbig.com/4gcdaAnne Davies.
"Having gone from a statesman-like position of not labelling offenders by their ethnicity, Iemma repeatedly referred to the revenge attackers as 'grubs', and changed the name of Taskforce Gain - which has been dealing for four years with organised crime in south-west Sydney - to the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad. He was unable to explain how Middle Eastern crime differs from other forms of organised crime, which might justify this title. Nor, it seems, will this squad be dealing with the revenge attacks, as these did not come within the definition of organised crime proffered by Iemma: murder, supply of drugs and other serious offences."