A little story with pics

Slidey

Props to the guy who took them and put them on facebook

W.Shakes-Beer

that first picture, is very bizarre. The dude on the left, WTF?

Slidey

It is like he was telelported from the 50's

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I LOVE the spanish arch

#facebook page is funny where he labels the black fella 'shawshank redemtion guy'

TechnoPool

No stab vest eh>?!?!

Morlar

Props to the Garda - when/where were these taken ?

SugarHigh

I seriously can't stop laughing at the Morgan Freeman looking mother fúcker

Morlar

SugarHigh wrote: »

I seriously can't stop laughing at the Morgan Freeman looking mother fúcker

I wish I could tell you that Andy fought the good fight, and the Sisters let him be. I wish I could tell you that . . . . . . but prison is no fairy-tale world.

DazMarz

What's the story with these pics? When/where were they taken???

The Morgan Freeman-dude is cool tho. Just sits there and looks so cool, like a 1930's jazz musician or something.

And fair play to the Garda; that clown went for him, and looks to be trying to get him around the neck. Screw that, mace the fúcker and ram the ASP Baton up his arse!!! That'll learn him!:D

Sean Quagmire

Theres something really poetic about the morgan freeman guy being the only one looking at the camera.

I seriously can't stop laughing

Dravokivich

Muhammad Early Pointer wrote: »

I LOVE the spanish arch

#facebook page is funny where he labels the black fella 'shawshank redemtion guy'

They called him Red.

Something to do with being Irish...

Cherry_Cola

LOL that black guy is like the observer in Fringe!

SugarHigh

Dravokivich wrote: »

They called him Red.

Something to do with being Irish...

In the book he was Irish. There's a line in the film where someone refers to Red as being Irish and it makes no sense because he's not Irish in the film:D

I think they just left it in for the laugh.

Tinker13

This story is screaming out for captions....

Caco

Tinker13 wrote: »

This story is screaming out for captions....

Agreed, next weeks caption comp perhaps?

@Morlar

HAHA!

I was there when it happened! It went like this:

A lot of people were down the Spanish Arch drinking. Suddenly this guy started taking off his clothes and getting down to his boxers (like in the pictures). So the guard tried to stop him, only the dude started fighting back and tried to push the poor guard into the Claddagh. At which point he took out his mace, sprayed him in the eyes, took out his baton (as you can probably see in the second last picture there), and hit the guy once or twice.

Once he hit the guy, a group of about 20 people who had been sitting on the steps drinking, stood up and started yelling for him to stop. Probably came very close to a mini riot had the guard continued.

After about 5 minutes backup arrived and everything went back to normal.

I should probably add that what you can't see in the pictures is that the guard almost went into the Claddagh. Maybe about 2 steps more and he would've been in.

@Morlar - it was probably about a week or 2 ago now.

Oh and the guard was also by himself when this happened. And once the guy got maced, a small crowd gathered around - must have been pretty scary for the guy.

filthymcnasty

brokenlaptop wrote: »

HAHA!

I was there when it happened! It went like this:

A lot of people were down the Spanish Arch drinking. Suddenly this guy started taking off his clothes and getting down to his boxers (like in the pictures). So the guard tried to stop him, only the dude started fighting back and tried to push the poor guard into the Claddagh. At which point he took out his mace, sprayed him in the eyes, took out his baton (as you can probably see in the second last .picture there), and hit the guy once or twice

nice one, but looks like hes trying to shove the baton up his arse


any idea whats the craic with the morgan/john coltrane chap, looks like he's sitting on old fifties style suitcase too, brilliant.

Darksaga87

Sense: This picture makes none.

Iwasfrozen

What is the Guard holding in the picture?

Darksaga87

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

What is the Guard holding in the picture?

A fat guy.

filthymcnasty

filthymcnasty wrote: »

nice one, but looks like hes trying to shove the baton up his arse

It sorta does, doesn't it? Though I was looking at that picture a bit carefully, and you can actually see him being hit with the baton pretty hard - look at the leg.



It must've hurt like a mofo! It's also pretty funny to see the smug look on the face of the guy wearing the sunglasses

Iwasfrozen

Darksaga87 wrote: »

A fat guy.

No he isn't. In the picture. In his left hand

Iwasfrozen

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

No he isn't. In the picture. In his left hand

In which picture? In one he's holding a can of pepper spray and in another he's holding a baton.

Dennis the Stone

bleg

I declare Dennis the Stone king of the internets!!

Somnus

bleg wrote: »

I declare Dennis the Stone king of the internets!!

Well that counts out that picture for the photoshop competition anyway :P He's already won it.

bronte

Dennis the Stone wrote: »

There's a lovely Aer Lingus ad in Bond street station at the moment for weekend flights to Dublin.

I think this would look quite good beside it. :pac:

cursai

brokenlaptop wrote: »

It sorta does, doesn't it? Though I was looking at that picture a bit carefully, and you can actually see him being hit with the baton pretty hard - look at the leg.



It must've hurt like a mofo! It's also pretty funny to see the smug look on the face of the guy wearing the sunglasses

The guy with the smug face is the VIPER
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hardy-Bucks/104117230526#!/photo.php?pid=2591736&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=104117230526&id=566868167&ref=pf

cursai

Dennis the Stone wrote: »

Excellent. Good Job

Dennis the Stone

jd007

This is one of the best threads I've seen in a while.

bronte

Epic movie poster!

Duggy747

Slidey wrote: »

Ah, ya gotta love the Spanish Arch, home to much non-sensical stuff.

This picture is brilliant, it just doesn't make a lick of goddamn sense!

mink_man

look at the face of the guard in the 2nd last pic, looks like he's enjoyin it! :P

D-Generate

I am still busting up at that first picture.

TheManWho

Look at the can beside Morgan Freemans foot, my only explanation for this picture is that he's an undercover detective trying to blend in with the local drunkards, and failing miserably.

bronte

Doing research for his latest movie I reckon.

That's dedication...explains his bemused look too.

phill106

mink_man wrote: »

look at the face of the guard in the 2nd last pic, looks like he's enjoyin it! :P

Dam right!
Take that ya god dam hippy! Whack whack!
I will smite you with my jesus stick!

Cianos

I love the captions on the facebook pages ;

crying (stupit bustard)

LaughOrDie

Am I the only one that thinks the Garda was way out of line on this one?

The pepper spray clearly subdued him and there was absolutley no need for a strike to the mans leg except for revenge. The guys back was to him and his eyes were closed. No more threat!

I'm not saying the guy was in the right, I mean taking off your clothes on a hot day, what was he thinking? And when the garda put his hands on him he should not have resisted or went for the garda.


But the scuffle was over, the man was decapacitated. In my opinion this an abuse of power and I feel it's police brutality.

I actually feel sickened by this.

Sinfonia

Re-enactment?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BJ8PSH9R2Q

SV

LaughOrDie wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks the Garda was way out of line on this one?

The pepper spray clearly subdued him and there was absolutley no need for a strike to the mans leg except for revenge. The guys back was to him and his eyes were closed. No more threat!

I'm not saying the guy was in the right, I mean taking off your clothes on a hot day, what was he thinking? And when the garda put his hands on him he should not have resisted or went for the garda.


But the scuffle was over, the man was decapacitated. In my opinion this an abuse of power and I feel it's police brutality.

I actually feel sickened by this.

If a muppet like yer man in the pics tried to choke me in the course of my duties(if I was a Garda) I think it'd be pretty justified to give him a belt of it too, just to make sure he stays in line and doesn't think of going back at him.

tbh I hope yer man got the shíte kicked out of him in the cells too!

LaughOrDie

LaughOrDie wrote: »

But the scuffle was over, the man was decapacitated. In my opinion this an abuse of power and I feel it's police brutality.

I actually feel sickened by this.

The dude was decapitated? Jeez. That does seem a bit OTT!

phill106

LaughOrDie wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks the Garda was way out of line on this one?

The pepper spray clearly subdued him and there was absolutley no need for a strike to the mans leg except for revenge. The guys back was to him and his eyes were closed. No more threat!

I'm not saying the guy was in the right, I mean taking off your clothes on a hot day, what was he thinking? And when the garda put his hands on him he should not have resisted or went for the garda.


But the scuffle was over, the man was decapacitated. In my opinion this an abuse of power and I feel it's police brutality.

I actually feel sickened by this.

Never having been pepper sprayed myself, but always believed it is not the Be all and end all of subduing a person. Instead it is merely used as the first stage of subduing, where it would surprise/disorient a criminal, allowing the next stage to continue with a higher chance of success, with it being safer for the gardai.
So Pepper spray. A little Baton. Clap on cuffs. Job done.

Donny5

phill106 wrote: »

Never having been pepper sprayed myself, but always believed it is not the Be all and end all of subduing a person. Instead it is merely used as the first stage of subduing, where it would surprise/disorient a criminal, allowing the next stage to continue with a higher chance of success, with it being safer for the gardai.
So Pepper spray. A little Baton. Clap on cuffs. Job done.

I have been pepper sprayed, and you'd want to be bloody determined to keep fighting afterwards. I'd say the baton was just to get him on the ground.

storm2811

Oh god the pepper spray pic is making my eyes water!:pac:

What is up with the Morgan Freeman guy indeed?
Was he with them or what,he has a can?

Pj!

LaughOrDie wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks the Garda was way out of line on this one?

The pepper spray clearly subdued him and there was absolutley no need for a strike to the mans leg except for revenge. The guys back was to him and his eyes were closed. No more threat!

I'm not saying the guy was in the right, I mean taking off your clothes on a hot day, what was he thinking? And when the garda put his hands on him he should not have resisted or went for the garda.


But the scuffle was over, the man was decapacitated. In my opinion this an abuse of power and I feel it's police brutality.

I actually feel sickened by this.

You sound like a fairly harmless chap, god bless you.

brianthebard

LaughOrDie wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks the Garda was way out of line on this one?

The pepper spray clearly subdued him and there was absolutley no need for a strike to the mans leg except for revenge. The guys back was to him and his eyes were closed. No more threat!

I'm not saying the guy was in the right, I mean taking off your clothes on a hot day, what was he thinking? And when the garda put his hands on him he should not have resisted or went for the garda.


But the scuffle was over, the man was decapacitated. In my opinion this an abuse of power and I feel it's police brutality.

I actually feel sickened by this.

Its a series of pics, not a video. You can't tell what happened and why or even if he's actually hitting the guy with the baton.

eightyfish

LaughOrDie wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks the Garda was way out of line on this one?

Yes.

My fellow boardsies. I am happy to announce that I have just walked by Shawshank Redemption man. I am currently enroute to the Spanish Arch to see if he is there and will take photos and post them here if I can track him down.

I felt so humble to be in the presence of such a celebrity, nay, a hero, nay, a God!

Sofaspud