fúcking guards

keen · 18-03-2008 04:38PM

You got one sound copper and one that was on a power trip, didn't really loose much let it go.

WoollyRedHat · 18-03-2008 04:46PM

Club orange drinks should be confiscated on sight. They just taste like sugared water and I can make that for free!

Boost sounds a bit dodgy btw.

Anti · 18-03-2008 04:54PM

Boost is a cheap alternative to redbull. Sold in all ****ty corner shops.

Gavin "shels" · 18-03-2008 05:24PM

Piece of advice, always get a Gardai badge number before you answer any question to him/her. It's within your legal rights and if they refuse you should refuse to cooperate.;)

DubArk · 18-03-2008 05:49PM

Gavin shels wrote: »

Piece of advice, always get a Gardai badge number before you answer any question to him/her. It's within your legal rights and if they refuse you should refuse to cooperate.;)

A better piece of advice cop on to your self!! It was a bottle of pop!!

lostexpectation · 18-03-2008 05:58PM

gardai are professional pricks

JimmyCrackCorn! · 18-03-2008 06:19PM

If a large amount of twats didn't cause trouble on paddies day.

-I saw 12 year olds drinking across from the guarda station in Lucan village.
-200m later was 4 lads beating the heads off each other.
-Tesco had its toilets ripped out also Lucan (put me under pressure)
-Some kid got sick at 11o'clock in the morning on o'connel street
-Large groups of under aged individuals drinking in public in many places
-A few others passed out
-Vandalism of one bus stop near lucan by more drunk kids
-Ogh and some drunk cock deliberately jumped in front of my car

To be honest iv never been more ashamed to be Irish.
Id ask where the parents where but i can take a good guess.

Fremen · 18-03-2008 06:26PM

To the posters saying "It was just a €1 fizzy drink": I think you're missing the point here a bit. It shouldn't matter whether it was €1 or €100, the issue here is the "Ah well, I'm taking it anyway" attitude, which I think the OP can reasonably be annoyed about. A minor abuse of power is an abuse of power nonetheless.

The title of the thread is a bit harsh, though, which might explain the negative reactions.

Orion · 18-03-2008 06:33PM

DubArk wrote: »

It was a bottle of pop!!

Pop? OMG. I've been timewarped back to 1956!

joeybloggs · 18-03-2008 06:45PM

She introduced herself as student officer O'Brien, Sarah O'Brien from Portuma, Galway.
Let me tell ya's.Powerful legs that could crush nuts,the brazilian kind that is. And a fine pair two with probably the best backup she'll ever get from the force!
Did a bit of ground work for about an hour, fed her some JD's, danced her a bit of JT and then it came to the taxi.......... Wait, what? Its not about........

*Runs out the door.*

Lockstep · 18-03-2008 07:49PM

Raspberry wrote: »

We should get rid of the Gardaí.

Yeah, we'd all have such meaningful and wonderful free lives without the police.

:rolleyes:

It wasn't me! · 18-03-2008 08:14PM

lostexpectation wrote: »

gardai are professional pricks

A well-thought out and insightful comment, well backed up with lots of documented evidence. I can see you're a sharp one.

MrJoeSoap · 18-03-2008 08:25PM

joeybloggs wrote: »

She introduced herself as student officer O'Brien, Sarah O'Brien from Portuma, Galway.

Shouldn't she have been in Croker?

Neamhshuntasach · 18-03-2008 08:46PM

It doesn't matter if it was only a cheap bottle of boost or an expensive bottle of Bling H20. The fact is that they took it off him when he wasn't breaking any laws. It's an abuse of power no matter how trivial it is.

I always speak in Irish if a guard stops me. One time i was stopped walking with a can from my house to a friends and 2 guards pulled up beside me. I spoke in Irish and i overheard one of them say to the other to just leave it because it's too much hassle going through the court proceedings in a foreign language. I didn't know whether to be relieved or offended.

MrJoeSoap · 18-03-2008 08:49PM

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

I always speak in Irish if a guard stops me. One time i was stopped walking with a can from my house to a friends and 2 guards pulled up beside me. I spoke in Irish and i overheard one of them say to the other to just leave it because it's too much hassle going through the court proceedings in a foreign language. I didn't know whether to be relieved or offended.

Did they at least make you lose the can?

pontovic · 18-03-2008 08:54PM

When you are bringing a bottle of liquid into an event the police can classify it as a missile. Throw it at someone and see the damage it can do. Ever see vendors at concerts selling bottles of water or coke and keeping the lids. Try throwing a bottle without a lid on it and see how far it goes then and see how much damage it can do.

Toto Wolfcastle · 18-03-2008 09:04PM

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

It doesn't matter if it was only a cheap bottle of boost or an expensive bottle of Bling H20. The fact is that they took it off him when he wasn't breaking any laws. It's an abuse of power no matter how trivial it is.

I always speak in Irish if a guard stops me. One time i was stopped walking with a can from my house to a friends and 2 guards pulled up beside me. I spoke in Irish and i overheard one of them say to the other to just leave it because it's too much hassle going through the court proceedings in a foreign language. I didn't know whether to be relieved or offended.

Lol

Garda: Is that alcohol that you are consuming in a public area?
You: Ní thuigim Béarla.
Garda: Fecking Polish!

therewillbe · 18-03-2008 09:13PM

police state or what ?

lostexpectation · 18-03-2008 09:15PM

JimmyCrackCorn! wrote: »

If a large amount of twats didn't cause trouble on paddies day.

-I saw 12 year olds drinking across from the guarda station in Lucan village.
-200m later was 4 lads beating the heads off each other.
-Tesco had its toilets ripped out also Lucan (put me under pressure)
-Some kid got sick at 11o'clock in the morning on o'connel street
-Large groups of under aged individuals drinking in public in many places
-A few others passed out
-Vandalism of one bus stop near lucan by more drunk kids
-Ogh and some drunk cock deliberately jumped in front of my car

To be honest iv never been more ashamed to be Irish.
Id ask where the parents where but i can take a good guess.

the guards don't have the ability to treat different people differently, to compartmentalise their hatred for people.

aidan_walsh · 18-03-2008 09:18PM

therewillbe wrote: »

police state or what ?

Or what.

CuLT · 18-03-2008 09:29PM

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Or what.

Also voting what.

Neamhshuntasach · 18-03-2008 09:54PM

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Did they at least make you lose the can?

Yeah he poured it out and actually just threw the can on the ground. They let me keep the remaining 5 cans in the bag though. I was in my estate and literally only walking 5 minutes to my mates house. I already had it opened and left in between the rain showers so rather than waste it i walked with it. But it ended up that way anyways.

Neamhshuntasach · 18-03-2008 10:01PM

therewillbe wrote: »

police state or what ?

My mate was told yesterday that he will receive a summons soon for not carrying ID on him. Was told it was against section 10 of the criminal offences act 2001.

I doubt that such a law exists and if it does that carry on sounds like a police state to me

Terry · 18-03-2008 10:05PM

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

My mate was told yesterday that he will receive a summons soon for not carrying ID on him. Was told it was against section 10 of the criminal offences act 2001.

I doubt that such a law exists and if it does that carry on sounds like a police state to me

What exactly was your friend doing that would entail the Gardai asking him for ID in the first place?

Jesus Wept · 18-03-2008 10:40PM

She Devil wrote: »

The thing is vodka doesnt smell

Yes it does.

Spud83 · 18-03-2008 10:42PM

Fremen wrote: »

To the posters saying "It was just a €1 fizzy drink": I think you're missing the point here a bit. It shouldn't matter whether it was €1 or €100, the issue here is the "Ah well, I'm taking it anyway" attitude, which I think the OP can reasonably be annoyed about. A minor abuse of power is an abuse of power nonetheless.

The title of the thread is a bit harsh, though, which might explain the negative reactions.

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

It doesn't matter if it was only a cheap bottle of boost or an expensive bottle of Bling H20. The fact is that they took it off him when he wasn't breaking any laws. It's an abuse of power no matter how trivial it is.

I always speak in Irish if a guard stops me. One time i was stopped walking with a can from my house to a friends and 2 guards pulled up beside me. I spoke in Irish and i overheard one of them say to the other to just leave it because it's too much hassle going through the court proceedings in a foreign language. I didn't know whether to be relieved or offended.

How are they supposed to stop people from drinking at such events, and in public places if they don't do this. As I already pointed out what are they supposed to do carry out a scientific test to determine the presence of alcohol. No obviously they cant take every drink they see on the street, every day of the year.

But that fact that its Paddys day, and the drink in question can easily hide the smell of an alcohol especially vodka then I believe they should be entitled to take the drink away.

It attitudes like this that infuriate me, they are trying to keep the peace on day that is regularly know for an increase in public order offenses, yet the public that give out about all the offenses then give out when the Guards try stop it. Its a no win situation for them.

kraggy · 18-03-2008 11:18PM

Fremen wrote: »

To the posters saying "It was just a €1 fizzy drink": I think you're missing the point here a bit. It shouldn't matter whether it was €1 or €100, the issue here is the "Ah well, I'm taking it anyway" attitude, which I think the OP can reasonably be annoyed about. A minor abuse of power is an abuse of power nonetheless.

The title of the thread is a bit harsh, though, which might explain the negative reactions.

+1

I don't think it's the money here. It's the frustration of someone abusing their power when they know you can do sweet damn all.

Small level but where does it stop?

I know someone who got the sh1t beaten out of them for 3 hours in a Garda station. But who can you go to? Not like one garda is going to dob in another.

I recognise that they have a very, very difficult job but SOME of them do abuse power to the frustration of some law-abiding folk like the Op.

She Devil · 18-03-2008 11:37PM

**biting my tongue** It hurts!

DubArk · 19-03-2008 10:41AM

Macros42 wrote: »

Pop? OMG. I've been timewarped back to 1956!

Pop! Well I suppose I should of said mineral depending on your time warp!

DubArk · 19-03-2008 10:59AM

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

My mate was told yesterday that he will receive a summons soon for not carrying ID on him. Was told it was against section 10 of the criminal offences act 2001.

I doubt that such a law exists and if it does that carry on sounds like a police state to me

A law does exist and was amended in 2001 from the original law of 1994.

Where a defendant accepts to any extent an allegation in a statement that—

In the case of a conviction for a drug trafficking offence, has benefited from drug trafficking,

So maybe your mate was off his head at the time!? No one in Ireland has to carry ID whilst just walking down the street. :rolleyes:

fúcking guards

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