If we woke up tomorrow morning to discover that all militant republicans had vanished like Houdini, into thin air. IRPS RA's and RAADs all gone. What effect would that have on the people of Derry City?
Of course the PSNI, peace makers and semi pacifists would enjoy the news amongst those who have been affected by their existence. Firstly, there would be a big party in Ebrington Square, Ilex is paying and Estate Services is doing security.
However, the party-goers would include those in the drug trade and those involved in heinous, horrid and disgusting acts of antisocial behaviour. For their anti-community actions these thugs currently either end up getting shot, exiled or both. Sometimes they get lucky enough and get arrested slapped on the wrist whilst wearing their best tracksuit and conditionally discharged. UTH would now stand for UP The Houdini. FAP becoming fancy a pint.
The coppers would now ride bicycles without having to do laps of the area in rocket proof land-rovers minutes before hand.
The Bailiff's would land on their masses, taking TVs and cars at their will. Sure who's going to tell them where to go? Imagine the sight of bald headed body builders loading up 45” Tellys from Galliagh, Creggan or the Bog. All those bounced mobile phone contracts and catalogue debt being rolled into a van most likely with an Estate Services logo on its sides. Our own bailiffing our own. What a great sense of community.
Tomorrow the PSNI would become the only threat to major players within Ireland's southern drug gangs making Derry City a very good safe economic investment for them. Currently Derry's drugs are shipped in from Loyalists in Belfast and the north coast or ordered on-line. Very little comes directly from Irish players in the south.
Legal highs or Monk as it is called is easily came across on-line and in wee shops that champagne socialists love protecting.
So what currently stops Dublin and Limerick based gangs operating in Derry? Is it the fact that there currently exists a well armed, trained but sometimes haphazard, bulwark in this city with its ears close to ground and far reaching networks that are prepared to take on such gangs in order to protect their community? Oh dear!
Intelligence on drug dealers is easily sought, community workers and even flamboyant elected pro-establishment councillors with wild fetish, have handed over information with full knowledge of what the outcome could be. Mick from around the corner hears everything in his taxi. “Take me to Bloomfield Shop to get some Monk” they said.
Up until tomorrow when the Houdini magic happens, heroin was like hens teeth to come across in the city, the odd murmur of its existence is sounded a few times a year but nothing ever comes of it in comparison to other cities.
Tomorrow, what is stopping major heroin shipments being unleashed into this city with fearless dealers offering try before you buy, giving victims the very little needed to get hooked? You don't have to inject it 'jist smoke it!
Pretty soon Derry's undesirables will be tooting guns like wild west cowboys to protect their investment. Unlike support-wary republicans they wouldn't care who they gunned down and those who spoke out against them would be quickly cut down like GTA hilly billies, along with anyone who just happens to be passing by. Community workers priests the lot.
Those who would entrust on the PSNI to deal with this hypothetical vision are today already questioning the PSNI's feeble attempts to engage the issue. Couple this with widespread accusations that hoods and dealers are working as informers for the PSNI. When questioned on this the PSNI didn't even deny that they are involved in such practises including the use of child informers. They admitted it! We should question their agenda!
Tomorrow looks pretty bleak.
Thankfully, this is only a course of mental imagery hyperbole bobbling around in my head translated onto a A4 sheet of paper.
Chis (Topper) Green
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