Racist jailed for abuse of election candidate

Single Incident Alert DateOctober 1, 2012 Country: Ireland Address: North Circular Road, Dublin General Type: Racist discourse, Discrimination Racism and discrimination phenomena: Afrophobia, Nationalism, Xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Ethnic minorities, Africans/black people, National minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Political participation, Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism, Integration - social cohesion Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Internet, Newspaper
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
Victims Gender N/A
Victims Age 36-45
Victims Number 1
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Irish
Perpetrator Gender Male
Perpetrator Age 26-35, 56-65
Perpetrators Number N/A
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

Two men Michael Walsh aged 61and  Michael Lawlor (28) have been accused of racially abusing independent election candidate Patrick Maphosto who was canvassing outside their homes at North Circular Road, Dublin. The candidate was told to "f**k off" and to get off the street or else he would "get a bullet in [his] head". Allegedly the older man said that "black people made him sick" and that "he had no time for coloured people".  Mr Lawlor has since died and the case against him was dropped; Mr Walsh was found guilty of racial abuse and has been jailed for two months.

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