Garda calls man a "w4nker" whilst searching his home...

Johnny Utah

Following on from the Shell-to-sea controversy, here's another video showing Gardai conducting the search of a house. During this search, one of the Guards calls the resident a "w4nker" and insinuates that he is dole sponger.

What do ye think of this?

Screaminmidget

Fairplay

DundalkDuffman

He must have known him

wild_cat

Was that little crap plant one of em is holding all that they were after?


What a waste of time and money.

Refugee from RealLife

If he is a bloke with a functioning penis there is a high probability that he is a wanker.

vibe666

seems like a pretty accurate assessment.

Swampy

Yep. That fella sounds like a w4nker alright.

rednik

He was probably just pulling his (middle) leg.

baker59

Don't really think anything of it. If you are trying to compare one guy calling another guy a wanker to a few guys joking that they will rape a girl, it's not serious at all.

A lot of people have been called a wanker, jokingly and seriously, and I can't imagine anyone went home shedding a tear about it.

kfallon

I think the guy was Eastern European and his surname was 'Jerkov' so to be fair it was an easy mistake to make :pac:

Sofa King Great

The Gardai weren't searching his house for drafts. He probably is a w@nker.

Dotsie~tmp

OP is a wanker.

My name is URL

lol @ tomato plant

Duggy747

The guy in the video did actually sound like a wanker.

Heh, the Garda holding the plant didn't look impressed: "Is this it, after tearing this shìthole apart and ruining my morning?............"

Will I Amnt

baker59 wrote: »

A lot of people have been called a wanker, jokingly and seriously, and I can't imagine anyone went home shedding a tear about it.

I wouldn't see much of an issue there if it worked both ways,try going down your local station and calling one of them a w@nker and see what happens.
This seems to be the general behaviour,they can say what they want but you can't open your mouth or you're "being smart"

optogirl

I have to deal with a lot of people who i think are wan*ers in my job but I would never call them one because I would be sacked. Garda should have had more cop

wyndham

Johnny Utah wrote: »

What do ye think of this?

I agree. Total wanker. It's my rights guard. I know the law guard. Constitutional rights. I'm up on the law, I am. => Arsehole

wild_cat

wyndham wrote: »

I agree. Total wanker. It's my rights guard. I know the law guard. Constitutional rights. I'm up on the law, I am. => Arsehole

Keep the Proletariat thick and therefore controllable.

Agonist

By the sound of children in the background he should do more **** and less of the other.

Bus77II

The Guard thinks the unemployed control his tax.

The man thinks his son is growing tomatoes.

Zzzzz...

Canis Lupus

See I think this is a perfect difference between the two recent examples.

Gardai in the car, in private, makes rape joke = fine as far as I'm concerned.

In this case he's facing a member of the public and his opinion needs to be kept to himself. I agree, the fella sounds like an ass and if the garda knows him he may very well be a wanker but that's irrelevant and it shouldn't have been said (although I imagine you'd want the patience of a saint at times to do that job).

Ash.J.Williams

no big deal....


One night i was bringing in my motoring details to the cops and the language coming from behind the hatch was worse than anywhere else i had ever been, next thing a car pulled up and a crim ran in and politely asked me could he jump the queue as he only had to sign on, i said ok and he thanked me and was only 2 seconds signing on!
So the politest person in the station that night was a criminal!

but then again he probably did rape or kill someone rather than joke about it..

bootsmcginty

this whole country is making me sick

He probably was a wanker.

Johnny Utah

Deleted User wrote: »

He probably was a wanker.

I think he's a "freeman".

lost marbles

pulled over by the guards
driver...."if i called you a wanker would you arrest me "

guard ......."i would indeed sir"
driver ....."if i thought you were a wanker would you arrest me"

guard .....".no i would,nt sir"

driver ...."ok so i think you are a wanker":D

stovelid

Sample thread idea:

Male Guard Callously Breaks Wind In Canteen With Women Present And Creates Intimidating And Misogynist Environment That Smells Of Eggs And Cabbage

My name is URL

Johnny Utah wrote: »

I think he's a "freeman".

I've seen a few people mention this lately. What is a 'freeman' exactly?

up for anything

I remember about 8 years ago being out walking with my children. As we were walking up the road we had watched a garda car pull up, two gardí get out and grab a lad of about 17/18 chap who was sauntering down the road. The two gardaí manhandled the lad into their garda car. I believe the phrase one garda used was "get into the ****ing car, yah little bollix of a bastard". Whatever they had reason to believe about the chap, he hadn't offered any resistance to getting into the car and didn't open his mouth or provoke them in any way.

So what was all that about! They weren't in the least bit bothered that I witnessed what happened or that my children saw and heard the incident. My oldest lad was about 6 at the time and was more able to process what he had seen than the other two. The day before I'd been telling him if he ever got lost that he should look to a garda for help or go into a shop and tell them he was lost. Straight after that incident he was quick enough to tell me that he'd prefer to go into a shop rather than approach a garda if he got lost.

If you are doing a job, you should behave appropriately. In some jobs you have to be more circumspect than in others and policing is one of those. It was drummed into us in school that while we were wearing the uniform we were representing the school. Woe betide you if word got back to the nuns of any shenannagins of one of their girls putting a foot out of line while in uniform even if it was out of school hours. Even moreso the same goes for the gardaí. While in uniform they have an image and position to uphold.

Canis Lupus

My name is URL wrote: »

I've seen a few people mention this lately. What is a 'freeman' exactly?

It's stupid know it all idiots thinking they can 'opt out' of the laws everyone is bound by.

LINKY

orourkeda

cambo2008 wrote: »

I wouldn't see much of an issue there if it worked both ways,try going down your local station and calling one of them a w@nker and see what happens.
This seems to be the general behaviour,they can say what they want but you can't open your mouth or you're "being smart"

wyndham

My name is URL wrote: »

I've seen a few people mention this lately. What is a 'freeman' exactly?

www.tirnasaor.com

It's a whole group of **** with their own website.

RichieC

The best way to deal the Gaurds is to gently remind them that you pay their wages

dont even try it...

mikom

Absolutely shocking.
That plant will never survive being taken outside so quickly, it would have to be hardened off and acclimatised.

Bus77II

stovelid wrote: »

Sample thread idea:

Male Guard Callously Breaks Wind In Canteen With Women Present And Creates Intimidating And Misogynist Environment That Smells Of Eggs And Cabbage

Woman Guard Gets Search Warrant For College's Home And Finds Absolutely Nothing. Frighted Child Farts And Leads Them To The Cabbage.

prinz

RichieC wrote: »

The best way to deal the Gaurds is to gently remind them that you pay their wages

Can't even do that anymore.

RichieC

wyndham wrote: »

www.tirnasaor.com

It's a whole group of **** with their own website.

See also, national association of neck beards, Ireland.

Absurdum

Why can't they be more like Horatio? Why????

mickydoomsux

My name is URL wrote: »

I've seen a few people mention this lately. What is a 'freeman' exactly?

They are what used to be called "wasters".

Anyone who uses the phrase "i'm up on de law" is dodgy as ****. The cops aren't dropping in to perfectly innocent peoples houses to search them.

strobe

Whatever about this video it is very common for the Gardai to act disrespectfully and non professionally towards the public. When contrasted to how the English police force conduct themselves in general when dealing with the public it is an absolute disgrace. Then people wonder why so many people don't have respect for An Garda Siochana. It's quite simple really, respect is a two way street.

Lapin

Everyone in that clip is a wanker.

Except the kids making noise in the background.

But give them time.

Compton

Gardai are just victims of bullying in school who look for revenge for their traumatic childhood.

Hate them.

Hookah

My name is URL wrote: »

I've seen a few people mention this lately. What is a 'freeman' exactly?

The philosophy runs thus...

Common law jurisdictions derive their law from British Law, which stretches back to the Magna Carta.

Common law was based around around the simple philosophy of causing no harm, loss or injury to another, and using no fraud in your dealings.

These laws cover a whole gamut of crimes, from theft to murder to burglary etc. and the freeman has no issue with these laws. They are for the common good.

Down the centuries various acts were introduced to govern society and it is with a lot of these statutes that the freeman has trouble. (if you're still reading please note that there is a distinction between the common law and statutory law)

The freeman sees these statutes as being detrimental to society, say the Misuse of drugs Act, or as being for the benefit of the ruling elite, say the laws governing finance, or the zoning of land, or tax laws, which various ruling elites have used and are now using to leach our country.

Judges have taken an oath to uphold the law. The freeman argues that this oath pertains to common law only.

Where a judge presides over a case covered by statutory legislation, say the issuing of a speeding fine, the freemen say that this is not in accordance with the judge's oath, nor the rule of the judiciary.

Similarly the freeman sees the role of the Gardai as upholders of the law, keepers of the peace if you will, and not as enforcers of statutory legislation, say the knocking down of someones door to capture a tomato plant.

Hookah

wyndham wrote: »

www.tirnasaor.com

It's a whole group of **** with their own website.

I'm a member of that site.

Are you prepared to call me a wanker now?

And if not, why tar the whole membership of a website with the same brush?

Notorious97

Typical Gardai, don’t think i have ever dealt with a useful one, im sure there are decent ones but ive only met idiots, they have no respect and rightly so.

New York police or even British police get alot of respect because they conduct themselves more professionally in general.

AH Answer – He was probably a wan*er

u140acro3xs7dm

shblob wrote: »

Gardai are just victims of bullying in school who look for revenge for their traumatic childhood.

I always thought that. Anybody I went to school with that became a guard where always the quiet ones that craved some authority.

steddyeddy

Johnny Utah wrote: »

Following on from the Shell-to-sea controversy, here's another video showing Gardai conducting the search of a house. During this search, one of the Guards calls the resident a "w4nker" and insinuates that he is dole sponger.

What do ye think of this?

I think the gaurd in play suffers from cretinism or some other disease or condition affecting mental capacity and ability to act in a professional manner, well in my opinion anyway

TheRevolution

The guy whose recording sounds like a complete tosser.

steddyeddy

TheRevolution wrote: »

The guy whose recording sounds like a complete tosser.

true the guy is probaly a *****r but no one can say the gaurd acted professionally.

johngalway

It's not acceptable for a Garda to call a member of the public a "wanker". Part of the problem of Irish society is a massive lack of respect for each other.

conorhal

I'm so glad I'm not a Guard, I'd have been done for asault after shoving that tomato plant up his hole.....