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Man escapes jail term over attack on firefighter

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  • #32
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,879 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Karlitosway1978 wrote: »
    Because a shop cashier can simple let the person commit the crime, can run away or simple hide away.
    While that might be OK for some property crime, it isn't OK for violent crime or persistant property crime.

    Saturday 21 May 1994, Martin Doherty is shot dead in the Widow Scallon's pub in Pearse Street. Theres about 15 of us working in McDonald's O'Connell Bridge. Where do 100+ drunk, scared, pissed off provos go for burgers and start a fight?


  • #33
    CO19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭CO19


    Karlitosway1978 wrote: »
    Well I have always appreciated any help given provided its actual help. Happens sometimes that a drunk will think he is helping but is making things ten times worse. Have asked for and recieved help on more than one occasion and had many more where I wanted but didnt get any :(

    Good to know,I wasn't drunk or anything like that...perish the thought :D I looked on the situation as A:I'm not going to let these scumbags run off under the illusion that they got a copper and B; I went to help the Sgt as he was/is someone's dad and it could have been my dad in that situation and I would hope that if he ever was that someone else would go to help him and they certainly wouldn't get eat out of it for doing so either like I did.


  • #34
    Eru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,357 ✭✭✭Eru


    Victor wrote: »
    While that might be OK for some property crime, it isn't OK for violent crime or persistant property crime.

    Saturday 21 May 1994, Martin Doherty is shot dead in the Widow Scallon's pub in Pearse Street. Theres about 15 of us working in McDonald's O'Connell Bridge. Where do 100+ drunk, scared, pissed off provos go for burgers and start a fight?

    A, violent crime you can run away from. If you get attacked on the street you can run away. Of course sometimes you are cornered etc but thats the first option. Gardai not only have to fight that fight but have to fight your fight as well. We cant see a guy being assaulted and keep walking, we get involved when theres no initial danger to us.

    B, Yes and how many Gardai were standing on O'Connell Street, driving by in patrol cars, watching from discreet locations and using the CCTV camera thats right outside your door and monitored by a Garda 24/7? then when they did something the staff can back away, go into the back area and stay there until the Gardai willingly take on these people and make it safe for you while taking the bruises themselves.


  • #35
    dfbfire/ambo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭dfbfire/ambo


    couple of points here. max sentence for attacking emergency services is 7 years (at discretion of the court) since 2007 .. unfortunatly courts dont visit our world after 12.. no disrespect but garda in attendance before fire ambo.. very rare.. they lashed as bad as us.. scumbags have blue light fever... doesnt matter if you garda , fire, or ambo.. blue lights = brick them out of it ..have also witnessed in one area i worked previously garda "scout cart" .. just a drive by while we getting hammered to see how many troops required.. 5 minutes later 3 van loads arrive... like i mentioned in earlier post area where i work now garda and dfb work very well together.. probably siege mentality with all of us :D:D


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