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Police to charge author of call-to-brawl text
POLICE will prosecute under racial vilification (anti-free speech) laws the author of a mass text message calling on "Aussies" to attack Lebanese on the southern Sydney beach of North Cronulla. Anyone looking at what the Lebs and Wogs have been "called upon" to do in their Madras schoools?NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney made the promise as police prepared to turn out in large numbers tomorrow in case there's a clash between locals and visitors. Lebanese youth leader Fadi Rahman told The Weekend Australian yesterday that many young people in his community were beginning to wonder if they would ever feel as though they belonged in Australia. Quick answer is NO! "There is this feeling of despair that we will ever fit in," he said. "They feel like strangers in their own country. "Let's not forget these kids are born and raised in Australia; they were not born and raised overseas. Not that it matters, still muzzies. "We're heading for disaster, as far as I'm concerned." Mr Rahman called for new sedition laws to be used to prosecute the author of the text messages which urge "Aussies to attack Lebs and wogs" tomorrow. A spokeswoman for federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said the laws, which have yet to be enacted, were designed to target people who incited one group to violence against another. On the beach, suspicions continued to simmer yesterday. "They're not here to swim," said one Cronulla resident, pointing to four "ethnic looking" men fully dressed and walking down to the sand without bags or towels. Five men of Middle Eastern extraction who were enjoying the beach yesterday said they felt alienated "because of the way we look". "Everyone gives us crap because of the way we look," said one young man, who sat on the sand with shoes off but otherwise fully clothed with his five mates yesterday. Cronulla local Katrina, 16, said she was glad of the increased police presence at the beach. "Hopefully, it will stop trouble between the Aussies and the wogs," she said. "They don't understand ... no one owns the beach - everyone has the right to come here." Angry Cronulla residents shouted down NSW Premier Morris Iemma at a news conference he called yesterday to offer reassurances about public safety in the Sydney community. North Cronulla Beach has been the scene of two incidents in the past week. Two lifeguards were attacked by Wogs last Sunday and there was a brawl later in the week in which youths turned on a media crew. Residents have complained of harassment by visiting groups Lebs & Wogs of young men to the extent that some locals no longer use the beach. Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-09 |
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