Independent footage of the student protest.

curlzy · 08-11-2010 09:17PM #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8VkkC6PP74&feature=player_embedded

This is some footage of the student protest a couple of days ago. I don't think the Gardai paint themselves in a good light, students aren't angels either but the heavy handedness of the police is quite scary with the budget (and likely protests) coming up. What does AH think?

orourkeda · 08-11-2010 09:19PM

mill up wooooooooooooooo

Tigger · 08-11-2010 09:20PM

how is trade union ireland independant

also wher is the throwing of stuff that i saw on you tube on the day

too much dutch courage not enough organisation

PCPhoto · 08-11-2010 09:21PM

how is that "independent" ...... the guy is biased !!

MagicSean · 08-11-2010 09:21PM

What was the point in posting this video again in a new thread?

Oranage2 · 08-11-2010 09:22PM

curlzy wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8VkkC6PP74&feature=player_embedded

This is some footage of the student protest a couple of days ago. I don't think the Gardai paint themselves in a good light, students aren't angels either but the heavy handedness of the police is quite scary with the budget (and likely protests) coming up. What does AH think?

definetly one or two incidents of scumbag gards but it seems its more of a case of students throwing stuff and who do a 1 hour lecture a week on law and thought they knew better - shame Daddy can't buy you cop on in trinity College!

mikemac · 08-11-2010 09:23PM

Better change that thread title from Independent to biased.

starbelgrade · 08-11-2010 09:26PM

Do students have nothing better to be doing, like drinking & sleeping?

In my day, this would never have happened.

My name is URL · 08-11-2010 09:27PM

The Garda at 3min 50sec in seems like a perfectly reasonable person.. not

Seriously though, they have every right to be heavy handed when the crowd becomes unruly. But the guy mentioned above should be reprimanded

Crann na Beatha · 08-11-2010 09:29PM

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The Waltzing Consumer · 08-11-2010 09:30PM

lol, f**king taxi drivers! Can a mod please change title?

You can just see inbetween the Gardai and students fighting, in pops a taxi driver to mention the 32 taxi drivers who committed suicide.

You will be going to midnight mass on Xmas, and who will pop up, sure only a taxi driver to remind us of the 32 taxi drivers who committed suicide.

You out for the night, go into the bathroom in the club, expect to see the black guy at the sink, but noooooooo, its the bloody taxi driver reminding us of the 32 taxi drivers who committed suicide

dotsman · 08-11-2010 09:43PM

Independent???

It's trade union feckin tv? How much more left wing propaganda do you want to get?

Benny-c · 08-11-2010 09:53PM

curlzy wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8VkkC6PP74&feature=player_embedded

This is some footage of the student protest a couple of days ago. I don't think the Gardai paint themselves in a good light, students aren't angels either but the heavy handedness of the police is quite scary with the budget (and likely protests) coming up. What does AH think?

Trade Union TV.........Independent

swiftblade · 08-11-2010 10:03PM

Look at how heavily edited that video is. Shock and awe and all that. Unless you were actully there it's hard to tell.

DonalN · 08-11-2010 10:12PM

load of cack...

darragh16 · 08-11-2010 10:21PM

Irish Trade Unions: The Independent voice you can trust...

curlzy · 08-11-2010 10:39PM

Sorry guys, worded the title badly:(, I should have said footage from not main stream media, such as RTE, TV3 et al.

Celtise · 08-11-2010 11:05PM

I think there were actions by both parties which should not have taken place. I disagree with this protest having taken place. All the colleges wasted money on transportation, tshirts etc. and students were missing an entire day of college as well. I think it was giving the government more "evidence" in favour of the case for reintroducing fees. (And the cost of the extra gardaí on the day plus clean up from the incident is not helping the wallet of the government.)

Now before you guys go off on one at me. I am a student that funded ungraduate through working and government aid and would certainly not have gone to college if fees had existed.

I just don't see how the government can continue to subsidise the fees system in it's current form, but then again I am not in favour of fees being reintroduced. There has to be some compromise here and that is not going to be acheieve through troublesome riots.

mikemac · 08-11-2010 11:35PM

curlzy wrote: »

Sorry guys, worded the title badly:(, I should have said footage from not main stream media, such as RTE, TV3 et al.

Mind you don't get it from Indymedia

That's the kind of video they want

Smyth · 08-11-2010 11:58PM

Jesus, you can't help but laugh at some of the replies on this board.

You lot are so fúcking weak.

The politicians feel they can get away with murder because people like you seem to enjoy taking it up the ass.

The Waltzing Consumer · 09-11-2010 01:08AM

Smyth wrote: »

Jesus, you can't help but laugh at some of the replies on this board.

You lot are so fúcking weak.

The politicians feel they can get away with murder because people like you seem to enjoy taking it up the ass.

Yeah, I'm with you Smyth, how dare the majority of people notice the terrible editing of a trade union TV video and then question the independent nature of that video. Who cares about them Smyth? Now, you mentioned something about taking it in the ass?

mikom · 09-11-2010 01:17AM

Celtise wrote: »

I think there were actions by both parties which should not have taken place.

But only one group are trained and paid to uphold the law.......

tolosenc · 09-11-2010 01:27AM

If this was the continent, every last one of 'em would have been beaten silly. They should count themselves lucky.

mikom · 09-11-2010 01:31AM

If this was Tatooine, every last one of 'em would have been viciously murdered by the Empire's stormtroopers. They should count themselves lucky.

opinion guy · 09-11-2010 01:40AM

Obaraten wrote: »

I actually feel sorry for the gardai,having to put up with such loutish behavior by certain members of this so called "protest",garda brutality?lol compared to what would happen to these people in France,Spain etc the Gardai in general handled themselves very well and professionally

Um France ? You REALLLY think thats a good comparison. I mean this is the country where truck drivers shut down the roads on a biannual basis and the whole country has just been shut down for a few weeks. Didn't see the truckies of France getting bated with batons and horses.

opinion guy · 09-11-2010 01:44AM

mikom wrote: »

If this was Tatooine, every last one of 'em would have been viciously murdered by the Empire's stormtroopers. They should count themselves lucky.

Jeesh old ball-breaker Vader was rough on the unions. Pay negotiations with the Death Star construction workers didn't last long once Anakin made all chokey-death-grip. Dammit. Thats who we need. We need to draft in Anakin to break the unions. I can just see it now:
Taxi-driver: 32 taxi drivers commited..........ack.....urgh.........nan nan nan.....
THUMP
Sith Lord Vader: You try my patience. Now take me to Croke Park or you will feel the true power of the dark side....

mikom · 09-11-2010 01:49AM

Luke, having drawn upon the power of the Force, releases his proton torpedoes, which immediately sink into the Harneys exhaust port.
Luke, the Falcon and a few other fighters race away from Harneys hole, just as she prepares to fire on the masses.
Only a moment before Harney fires, she explodes into a huge fireball, sending millions of fragments into space.

Smyth · 09-11-2010 01:52AM

The Waltzing Consumer wrote: »

Yeah, I'm with you Smyth, how dare the majority of people notice the terrible editing of a trade union TV video and then question the independent nature of that video. Who cares about them Smyth? Now, you mentioned something about taking it in the ass?

Yeah, the editing was amazing wasn't it! The special effects were great too!!!! I especially liked the part where they superimposed a baton in the hands of a príck Garda as he was patting a student on the head.

Oscar worthy stuff!

Or how about the part where a girl was thrown onto the pavement unconscious? ROFL!

NAH! That's only what silly people do. Let's focus on the title of the video. Specifically the word "independent". Then we'll sympathize with the Gardai and completely derail the discussion from something which is actually....dum dee dum...WRONG!

And why would we do that? Well silly, because if you're seen to be opposing the Gardai or shouting "feck the Government" "Gardai abuse power", then on the internet...you're a moron.

Because we all know that rational intelligent people would never say anything like that. Never.

Those poor guards. Students have nothing better to do with their time. We got ourselves into this situation.

dsmythy · 09-11-2010 01:55AM

I see the students trouble making socialists are planning a demonstration against Garda violence. Oh the ironing if they were lashed out of it there too

2 stroke · 09-11-2010 02:07AM

Riot squad versus students. Something has gone seriously wrong in this country

tallaghtoutlaws · 09-11-2010 02:17AM

2 stroke wrote: »

Riot squad versus students. Something has gone seriously wrong in this country

Happens in every country around the world. Cops do it for their own safety just in case there is those in the crowd who want to start trouble. Got to love the fact that the "student" tag implies a peaceful bunch. Trying to tell us that all students are happy go lucky folk that would never cause trouble.

Usual crack with these so called Peaceful marches. Some clowns looking for trouble tag along start riots and then all the peaceful heads then blame the figures of authority for defending themselves. Of course innocent folk will get caught in the crossfire.

Takes two to tango.

Independent footage of the student protest.

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