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The Frederick St protest and reaction

  • 11-09-2018 9:51pm
    #1
    guylikeme
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭


    Surprised there wasnt a thread. Maybe there's just no shock factor any more to what happens.

    Anyways..without debating who is right or wrong on this, id like to hear why Gardai wore Balacalavas. Seems a little overdone.

    I am of course coming in late to all this, fill me in if i'm missing obvious detail.


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  • #2
    southcentralts
    Registered Users Posts: 833 ✭✭✭southcentralts


    From the little I know about it, gardai may have been wearing balaclavas in an overdone way when they were protesting about Frederick St and there was a reaction...So I too seem to be missing any details really!


  • #3
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,187 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Some of those Gardai have never worn a balaclava before! The state of them!!

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



  • #4
    Jimmy.
    Site Banned Posts: 386 ✭✭Jimmy.


    How did they eat the quarter pounder?


  • #5
    Sinus pain
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭Sinus pain


    It was the public order unit. I’m sure they were aware there would be a lot of press there and posts on social media and rightly or wrongly they didn’t want their faces posted all over the place - or they wanted to come across as intimidating?


  • #6
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,353 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Sinus pain wrote: »
    It was the public order unit. I’m sure they were aware there would be a lot of press there and posts on social media and rightly or wrongly they didn’t want their faces posted all over the place - or they wanted to come across as intimidating?

    Shame on you , shame on you , SHAME ON YOU....


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  • #7
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,145 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    People ignoring court order shocked by their removal by Gardai and security, shocker.

    Was it just because they wore balaclavas in this weather that they have issue with?


  • #8
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    Because their faces would be plastered all over Facebook by morons claiming this and that.

    Don’t blame them, they have families to protect too.


  • #9
    jay0109
    Registered Users Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭jay0109


    Have we found out yet who which politician owns the house in Belvedere court which was 'occupied' at the weekend?


  • #10
    Sinus pain
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭Sinus pain


    corner of hells wrote: »
    Shame on you , shame on you , SHAME ON YOU....

    Shame on me? You ok hun?


  • #11
    blanch152
    Registered Users Posts: 27,122 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    Have we found out yet why the idiots who occupied the building thought they could achieve anything?


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  • #12
    guylikeme
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭guylikeme


    blanch152 wrote: »
    Have we found out yet why the idiots who occupied the building thought they could achieve anything?

    I guess that the same was thought about the tank man in China. Rosa Parks on that bus. Numerous other examples.

    Raising awareness of failed policies does achieve these things bit by bit.


  • #13
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    blanch152 wrote: »
    Have we found out yet why the idiots who occupied the building thought they could achieve anything?
    Any chance pimple head Murphy got a slap of a baton? It would be a good night's work


  • #14
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    guylikeme wrote: »
    I guess that the same was thought about the tank man in China. Rosa Parks on that bus. Numerous other examples.

    Raising awareness of failed policies does achieve these things bit by bit.

    And by occupying someone’s property illegal is the right way to go about it?


  • #15
    Mongfinder General
    Registered Users Posts: 1,993 ✭✭✭Mongfinder General


    I’ve seen numerous posters on my social media feed going nuts about the actions of Gardaí/UVF thugs/Garda Commissioner. Their histrionics is embarrassing.

    If this is indicative of the new Commissioners approach, I’m looking forward to the next few months. They were straight in there. However, tackling a few crusties is way down the list of priorities. They need to smash fcuk out of any junkie/scumbag/burglar/pikey type who steps out of line.
    Long overdue.


  • #16
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,614 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Look like a bunch of rent-a-thugs, which I guess they probably were
    The men then drove off in a white van, which had no front registration plate, and a British registration plate on the back.

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  • #17
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,145 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Private security firm, it's already in the thread. No need to make it anymore sinister than it is.


  • #18
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,614 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Private security firm, it's already in the thread. No need to make it anymore sinister than it is.

    According to the IT they wouldn't identify themselves
    The men wearing balaclavas boarded up the entrance after an hour inside the property. The men would not identify themselves, or who they were acting for, when approached by The Irish Times.


  • #19
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    White van, isn't that what pedos use?


  • #20
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    I really don’t see the big deal here.

    Any other country they would have been booted out weeks ago using force.

    Time for people to start respecting the law in this country.


  • #21
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    riffmongous wrote: »
    According to the IT they wouldn't identify themselves

    So what?


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  • #22
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,145 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    riffmongous wrote: »
    According to the IT they wouldn't identify themselves

    Why should they?


  • #23
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,458 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Ipso wrote: »
    White van, isn't that what pedos use?

    good evening Elon Musk...


  • #24
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Comparison with Rosa Parks and the young man who risked his life in Tiananmen Square...

    There is definitely an accommodation crisis, but how in the hell is illegally occupying a private dwelling meant to help effect change at state level? :confused:

    And the guards are literally doing their job.


  • #25
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,145 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Bethany Long Pensioner wrote: »
    And the guards are literally doing their job.

    Won't be long before someone tries to make a link with DOB and Siteserv.


  • #26
    MyPeopleDrankTheSoup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭MyPeopleDrankTheSoup


    don't like it that the guards decided to cover their faces, something you'd see in italy when they're arresting mob bosses. i understand why they did though


  • #27
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    georgiecasey wrote: »
    don't like it that the guards decided to cover their faces, something you'd see in italy when they're arresting mob bosses. i understand why they did though

    Why?

    What’s the difference without a mask?


  • #28
    topper75
    Registered Users Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    In a country where it is absolutely legal to wear a burka style headdress, there can be no way in which you can question the executive force of the law wearing balaclavas.


  • #29
    Juanito13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭Juanito13


    georgiecasey wrote: »
    don't like it that the guards decided to cover their faces, something you'd see in italy when they're arresting mob bosses. i understand why they did though

    One of the pricks orchestrating the whole thing wouldn’t give his surname on the radio last week. Most of the protesters were also wearing masks, so why can’t the Gardai cover their faces?


  • #30
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,614 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Why should they?

    Because security are usually obliged to identify themselves, it's in the legislation


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  • #31
    magma69
    Registered Users Posts: 3,629 ✭✭✭magma69


    Jaysus this place really is a cess pit. Seems most people on here are only capable of spewing bile.


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