Pigs on trial!!!
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Tuesday November 05, 2002 19:23
by MG
Seven Gardai are to face criminal charges in connection with last May's attack on Reclaim the Streets protestors on Dublin's Dame Street. The seven officers, who are all facing assault charges, are serving members in the Dublin Metropolitan District. They have all been confined to desk duty pending the outcome of criminal proceedings.
Several unarmed protestors needed hospital treatment following the garda attack on the Reclaim the Streets demonstration on May 6th last.
Several protestors were also charged with "public order offences", but no Gardai were injured during the peaceful demonstration.
Shortly after the event, video-footage broadcast through the mainstream media showed officers with the identification numbers removed beating protestors with their batons.
All of these protestors were defenceless, with many lying on the ground or cornered at the time of the assaults.
Just one garda was initially confined to desk duty after he was clearly seen battering young men and women with his baton.
The Gardai subsequently launched an internal investigation after more than 50 people made complaints about the conduct of officers on the day in question.
That investigation has now, after six months, led to charges being brought against seven Gardai.
Comments (14 of 14)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14He thinks enemies of the state should be beaten up by the cops while he watchs from behiund a two way mirror.
How thick can you get. On the Costello thread you had people supporting the state harassment of the IRSP. One moron even believed the cops should have the right to beat up republicans. Just because he doesn't like republicans.
I wonder what IMC think of this? Is it just RTS who should be immune from state violence?
Do they believe Gardai shopuld be allowed to baton Republicans off the streets?
My opposition to the State is good; I should not be beaten up by the cops.
Your opposition to the State; I dont like. So you should be beaten up by the cops.
They are just a bunch of fakepacifists and liberals who will end up in FG, PDs, FF or the right wing of LP.
IMC doesn't think ANYTHING of it. We don't write the newswire stories.
The behaviour of the Gardaí on the bank holiday of May 2002 was inexcusable. The internal investigation has drawn many conclusions, seven Gardaí facing charges is not the only issue.
We in the wider commnuity want to know police won´t be beating people up again. We want to know what conclusions have been reached concerning police invovlment in future popular celebration of anti-car, anti-capitalist street parties.
We would like a big apology with sugar on top.
We would like to see that wouldn´t we.
Just so we could say. No.
We don´t want your apology and we don´t need your policing.
Whats indited?, is that a new type of Guard?
i couldn´t spell shneews either still can´t
and I´m spotting loads of spèlling errörs everywhere, sure tis all the acronyms, very confusing the acrnoyms.
Indited Guards. wow. eh?
then i suppose we´d have indentured Guards as well?
IMC seem to have opinions when its stories about PSNI recruiting kids as informers.
Not that I would ever imply you are anything other than strictly impartial.
The title of the post said "Wholesale abuse" thats an exggeration if not a down right lie.
Which makes it factually inaccurate. See editorial guidelines.
Its an appalling story and in fact the exaggeration in the title weakens it. It doesn't need that kind of tabloid hyperbole to shock.
Now how many exagerated titles have appeared here and how many have you censored?
So you've no actual facts to back up with slander do you?
If you object to Indymedia editorial policy then join in get involved and play a part.
We're a open collective. You can be a member of the collective. Play a part make decisuons offer objections and opinions.
Unless you'd rather fling about unsubstanitated accusations.
Now how many exagerated titles have appeared here and how many have you censored?
Your point being.
The title was an exaggeration. It wasn't wholesale abuse. You can't claim that one example is proof of wholesale abuse.
Accusing Indymedia of bias because of this one example is idiotic.
I am the one who suggested changing the articles title.
The article disturbed me and it was an important story, but the words "Wholesale abuse" are just wrong.
It's the style of journalism which gave us the "posh kidnapping" story last week. The title makes a claim which when you examine the story isn't true.
I think that kind of exaggeration makes nice headlines but bad journalism. It's a single case. If an intelligent unbiased person with no preconcieved opinion on the story, read that headline and the article, he/she would rightly see the title as misleading, and might then be suspicious of the other facts in the article. Thus making the whole story worthless.
On the other hand if they read the headline as "PSNI intimidate 13yo into working as informer", and then went on to read the piece, they should rightly be upset and angry.
I don't think the story should be dismissed I think it should be paid attention to, and making wild and false accusations in a headline, that aren't supported in the article makes that easier.
Which would be a shame.
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