A Rroma family form Ireland whose kid was taken away by the police on suspicions of having been abducted for being blond has been awarded 60k Euro damages. The mina point is not the damages award, the main point is that the police acted illegally based on racial profiling. This needs to be said.

• €60,000 for Roma family whose blonde son (2) was removed by gardaí. In: Irish Times. 19.10.2015. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/60-000-for-roma-family-whose-blonde-son-2-was-removed-by-garda%C3%AD-1.2397511
• €60k in damages awarded to Roma family over son’s removal from their home. In: RTE News. 19.10.2015. http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1019/735913-roma-high-court/

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