Banjo String wrote: » I dunno, I've only watched the gif, but even Stevie wonder can see that's not a leg being batoned.
_davidsmith_ wrote: » Hes not defending a post office against a tiger gang with sawn offs you lunatic!
ThisRegard wrote: » So what should the gardai have done, did you watch the full video? "Excuse me sir, would you mind stepping back a little"? "Under what legislation should I do that, you need to quote the full thing to me, otherwise it's an illegal request, rabble rabble nonsense nonsense".
Etnies wrote: » http://giphy.com/gifs/garda-batons-man-at-nama-protest-wexford-ireland-xTiTnoXOnTe2KSz9As I'm not a protestor but turning around and smashing a middle age behind the ear with a baton, he needs to be prosecuted. There is also a longer video.
_davidsmith_ wrote: » I would have 100% taken the swinging wildly with the biggest thing i could find approach, starting with the women and the elderly, but then again im not a guard
my friend wrote: » Nice to see the Gardai finally asserting themselves against these time wasting bill dodging muppets
Gatling wrote: » Very sensational
Gulliver wrote: » Also, is it true about having to quote the entire section of the law as a Garda is arresting/cautioning someone? That seems needlessly complicated and designed for a loophole.
_davidsmith_ wrote: » These people were 100% being idiots and disruptive and the situation needed to be dealt with, but not with that level of over reaction
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » In fairness on the garda, he shouldn't have used the baton, but he is having to deal with the same bunch of w!nkers you see at every protest. It's the same faces just looking for trouble. I'd bet not one of them could articulate properly why they are even protesting.
Superhorse wrote: » From reports the Gardaí is the only one who used violence. You can't just go around bashing people on the head with a baton because they are resisting arrest.
Superhorse wrote: » I couldnt give a hoot about the water protest tbh. People have a 100% right to protest that's called democracy. Maybe you need to watch the video again the baton hit him in the head.
vicwatson wrote: » Part of his job to remain calm unless he feels his life was in danger. Not a garda basher but this guy has gone OTT.
pablo128 wrote: » If what the garda did was ok, normal actions given the circumstances, why did the other garda intervene and push him back? He lost the rag. Scummy behaviour by him.
At 3.46 the male is once again falling down and gets his in the upper arm / shoulder. Yes its a high hit BUT its still an accepted area and the Garda is aiming for the lower body as he swings to the same area as the first swing. Watch the video using pause, its obvious enough even in the gif that its not the ear or neck.
Superhorse wrote: » Absolute filth indeed. The guy is an embarrassment to the vast majority of Gardaí who do a wonderful job given the circumstances. Hopefully this coward pays with this job and the man who suffered the assault isn't badly hurt.
pablo128 wrote: » If what the garda did was ok, normal actions given the circumstances, why did the other garda intervene and push him back?
kbannon wrote: » Really? You want to strip a man of his livelihood because he was put in a situation where he felt this was necessary?
Gulliver wrote: » Yeah, Guards used to give hugs, but since they got telegraph poles for batons, they've changed.:rolleyes: A baton is more than adequate to defend a post office from sawn offs. Sure I once used a paper clip to hold off an entire gang of 20 guys with machine guns who were robbing my local post office and I'm not even a Guard! FFS, no wonder the criminals are getting bolder. Gardai should be able to defend themselves and we, the public, should respect them - the same level of respect we should show any other human being.
esforum wrote: » What the ****! There ya have it boys and girls, Gardai can only use batons when they have an armed gang shooting at them! pepper spray and handcuffs only when its a sword. When its a mob of twenty but they are unarmed , its diluted to harsh language. When your arresting one person on their own and they are just throwing punches at you I guess even touching them is too much? But as you didnt quote the full 'Gardai can only use lesser force than that which they are being targeted with Act' so I guess that doesnt count. Its that kind of bull**** that resulted in 2 Gardai being stabbed in Raheny, 1 on O'Connell Street and sadly 2 shot dead in Co Louth!
the evasion_kid wrote: » Scumbag...id say he's the type if he and his buddies got you on you're own with no witnesses you'd be left black and blue....and he'd mark it down as resisting arrest.
