Arrest threat for carring a hurl....

[tyssam5]

Heard a story (may be a urban myth) from one of my mates who use to work in a New York bar.

An irish fella was heading home from hurling practice in new york when a black man jumped out and attempted to mug him. The irish fella was about to hand over his wallet, when he thought to himself, 'hold on a minute I have a hurly bat here, i may as well make use of it.' So he proceeds to 'defend' himself, when the cops show up.

Both people are arrested/detained and they give statements. Eventually both are released after the cops can't press charges.

The black man is released, followed by the irish lad. However one of the cops who took the statements was from irish decent so decided to share the black mans statement with the irish fella.

Part of it read, 'Hey man, I was just minding my own business, when all of a sudden this crazy irish dude started beating me with a mother-fuckin giant wooden spoon!'

Well i thought it was funny...

Definitely a racist urban myth as I've heard it a few times!

Racist against Irish or blacks? No way a cop in New York would arrest an Irish guy, part about releasing a black guy is even less likely. I thought that was funny though, mainly cos my mum used to bate the shite out of me with a wooden spoon.

[man in black]

Not the police and their attitudes to the gaa, no.

Surely the 50-50 rule will eventually see a change?

I love the naivety.

[Rav67]

Heard a story (may be a urban myth) from one of my mates who use to work in a New York bar.

An irish fella was heading home from hurling practice in new york when a black man jumped out and attempted to mug him. The irish fella was about to hand over his wallet, when he thought to himself, 'hold on a minute I have a hurly bat here, i may as well make use of it.' So he proceeds to 'defend' himself, when the cops show up.

Both people are arrested/detained and they give statements. Eventually both are released after the cops can't press charges.

The black man is released, followed by the irish lad. However one of the cops who took the statements was from irish decent so decided to share the black mans statement with the irish fella.

Part of it read, 'Hey man, I was just minding my own business, when all of a sudden this crazy irish dude started beating me with a mother-fuckin giant wooden spoon!'

Well i thought it was funny...

Definitely a racist urban myth as I've heard it a few times!

Racist against Irish or blacks? No way a cop in New York would arrest an Irish guy, part about releasing a black guy is even less likely. I thought that was funny though, mainly cos my mum used to bate the shite out of me with a wooden spoon.

Its a bit racist against blacks I think... why is it always a black man who harrasses the Irish man in the story.  A bit like the myth about the famous black man in the lift when a bang goes off - Will Smith is usually the person involved in this story.. strange thing is a lot of people are stupid enough to believe these stories!