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"Where's my horse?" Owner claims Garda told him to "Check Tesco"

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  • #102
    MyKeyG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭MyKeyG


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    The career criminal had made an allegation, the judge had to address it.
    Since clairvoyancy is a sham, I presume that the judge thought the same of this guy's defence.
    I doubt I've ever seen a more intolerant class distinctive load of nonsense in my life. You know Hitler also considered crime a trait!

    The point I'm making is that the Judge wasn't there. He like the Gardai has to operate within the confines of good sense and logic. There are as many scum bag Gardai out there as there are good ones and Judges know it. I don't think his position affords him the right to assume what was or wasn't said in a situation he wasn't privy to.

    It must be great to be a perfect citizen Howard!!!


  • #103
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    MyKeyG wrote: »
    I doubt I've ever seen a more intolerant class distinctive load of nonsense in my life. You know Hitler also considered crime a trait!

    The point I'm making is that the Judge wasn't there. He like the Gardai has to operate within the confines of good sense and logic. There are as many scum bag Gardai out there as there are good ones and Judges know it. I don't think his position affords him the right to assume what was or wasn't said in a situation he wasn't privy to.

    It must be great to be a perfect citizen Howard!!!

    I think your claim that 'there are as many scumbag! Gardai out there as there are good ones" shows the mentality of certain people, and it has nothing to do with class I'm afraid.


  • #104
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,066 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    Didn't turn up? Was a warrant issued for his arrest?
    A little check on court procedure will explain why the garda wasn't there.
    I see your rolleyes & raise you ;)
    Funny, in my country when a police officer doesn't show up to court it doesn't end very favorably for the officer. Every traffic ticket, every charged offense, however minor, gets a day in court, and if the officer doesn't attend then his chances of winning any protest by the defendant are usually slim. Whether its a requirement of law, I do not know, but officers make it a practice to attend all of their hearings.

    I take his absence to be an indication of nolo contendre. The act of an officer that doesn't have the integrity to stand behind his own words. It tarnishes his uniform and everyone who wears it.
    I think your claim that 'there are as many scumbag! Gardai out there as there are good ones" shows the mentality of certain people, and it has nothing to do with class I'm afraid.
    Among other things, there have been a number of studies to show that among police there is a high degree of agressive tendencies and predispositions within the ranks. Not surprising. For instance, one study demonstrated that Police households experience domestic violence at a rate twice that as an ordinary household. And in my own personal experience at AGS Carlow I've seen Officers on duty ridiculing the petitions of people that come in looking for help, treating them especially as ignoramuses for not being fluent in English. Sad to say that I show far more respect to people that don't understand the difference between a hard drive and a modem.


  • #105
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    Overheal wrote: »
    Funny, in my country when a police officer doesn't show up to court it doesn't end very favorably for the officer. Every traffic ticket, every charged offense, however minor, gets a day in court, and if the officer doesn't attend then his chances of winning any protest by the defendant are usually slim.

    Whether its a requirement of law, I do not know, but officers make it a practice to attend all of their hearings. I take his absence to be an indication of nolo contendre. The act of an officer that doesn't have the integrity to stand behind his own words. It tarnishes his uniform and everyone who wears it.

    Pity you don't understand Irish procedures then isn't it.


  • #106
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,066 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    Pity you don't understand Irish procedures then isn't it.
    Don't be a dick. If you like, you can contribute those procedures to this thread.

    Either way thats a pathetic excuse for the officer's actions.


  • #107
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mod

    Let's not get personal lads please.


  • #108
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    I think your claim that 'there are as many scumbag! Gardai out there as there are good ones" shows the mentality of certain people, and it has nothing to do with class I'm afraid.

    What exactly makes you so certain that the statement isn't true...?


  • #109
    MyKeyG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭MyKeyG


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Mod

    Let's not get personal lads please.
    Could I ask why it's appropriate for someone on this page to describe somebody as 'a career criminal' when there's no basis for the accusation? Or are you of a similar mind to the user in question? Mods on boards go lunatic over people defaming or making comments regarding the character of people. Is it allowed on this occasion because the man in question is from Moyross???


  • #110
    Pappa Charlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Pappa Charlie


    Gardai are recruited from the general public so there are bound to be a % of dickheads just like the % of dickheads on every thread on boards.ie


  • #111
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,530 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Pappa Charlie wrote: »
    Gardai are recruited from the general public so there are bound to be a % of dickheads just like the % of dickheads on every thread on boards.ie
    Actually Jews and Muslims are under represented in the Gardaí. When Alan Shatter was asked about it he dismissed any claims that it was sectarian. "We don't usually accept people who have been circumcised because we are only looking to recruit complete pricks."




    :pac:


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  • #112
    Ray Palmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,453 ✭✭✭Ray Palmer


    Pappa Charlie wrote: »
    Gardai are recruited from the general public so there are bound to be a % of dickheads just like the % of dickheads on every thread on boards.ie

    Only a certain type of person of the population go to be Gardaí it is not a general cross section of the population. Some would say only aggressive people want to be Gardaí. So it is no way a correlation between the population and those who want to be Gardaí.

    There is a natural bias on those that become Gardaí. From my own personal experience I have known them to be rude, antagonistic and aggressive for no apparent reason. I also remember their family be allowed get away with things include one particularly vile son who left somebody with a very nasty scare on their face.

    It is a matter of time before they will have to carry personal CCTV. I really wish I had video footage of some of their behaviour towards me alone having never been in trouble with the law.


  • #113
    muck_raker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 17 ✭muck_raker


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Actually Jews and Muslims are under represented in the Gardaí. When Alan Shatter was asked about it he dismissed any claims that it was sectarian. "We don't usually accept people who have been circumcised because we are only looking to recruit complete pricks."




    :pac:


    their are less than 1500 jews in the entire country so I doubt they are that underrepresented and most guards come from outside Dublin where the vast majority of jews and muslims live


  • #114
    muck_raker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 17 ✭muck_raker


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    I think your claim that 'there are as many scumbag! Gardai out there as there are good ones" shows the mentality of certain people, and it has nothing to do with class I'm afraid.


    its a very well paid job for the level of qualification required , why are you so surprised that a comparable level of scumbags would join , AGS is rampant with internal politics , I know thoroughly decent low ranking guards who should have been promoted but they didn't - wouldn't play the game


  • #115
    Pappa Charlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Pappa Charlie


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Actually Jews and Muslims are under represented in the Gardaí. When Alan Shatter was asked about it he dismissed any claims that it was sectarian. "We don't usually accept people who have been circumcised because we are only looking to recruit complete pricks."




    :pac:

    They certainly know how to pick mods on boards.ie


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