did anyone see the news last night with the footage of the riot and the gardai kicking the living shit out of people after they (the gardai) removed their id numbers from their uniforms. there's been a wierd feeling in the city since those 2 gardai were killed a few weeks back with lots more gardai visible and taking no shit. i saw a van load of the drag a load of people out of supermacs on monday night about 11. things are only going to get worse cos there's a march on pearse street garda station tomorrow night to protext at police brutality. i say the poor bastards will get beaten up again

i think people should live in fear of the gardaí

crime in ireland is on the increase and the gardaí have a hard
time restoring law and order. i'm sure the guardaí probably
knew half of these people anyways .

thats still no excuse for removing their id numbers. the gardai are meant to be to uphold the law and keep the peace. the id numbers make them accountable in a situation like that and the removal of them is a crime while a garda is on duty

2 links on this topic

a phantomfm thread (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=50808)

indymedia (www.indymedia.com) these guys were there with their cameras and have some excellent shots

Hummm I think they should search people on the street and if some one is found to have a knife or some thing on them then they should have seven shades of shit beat out of them!!!!!!!

i agree with that anyone who brings a weapon to a peaceful protest should be punished. not sure if having the shit kicked out of them is the way to do it but something needs to be done. also we need a definition of what a knife is(i know it sounds stupid) but i nearly always carry a small pocket knife cos u never know when it''ll be handy but i'm talking about one with a tiny blade maybe an inch or so

Originally posted by the evil belly
i nearly always carry a small pocket knife cos u never know when it''ll be handy but i'm talking about one with a tiny blade maybe an inch or so i'm just guessing here but i'd say a pen-knife is ok, anything that just has a blade , is probably supposed to be used as a hunting knife, and hence no need to be carrying one when you are not in the wilderness of africa or blarney.

the link to indie media is = http://www.indymedia.ie/

and you might find this article/commentorial piece http://www.indymedia.ie/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=3287 interesting .

http://struggle.ws/wsm/news/2002/rtsMAY.html , this page has a few pics of the event , i don't see any gardai actually taking off there numbers mind you.

Justice Minister John O'Donoghue's called for a full investigation into the incidents, vowing to get to the bottom of it. Breath not being held.
There was the Reclaim the Streets rally in Duberlin last year when cyclists were beaten off the streets (O'Connell Bridge/D'Olier Street?) for "refusing to clear the highway". Tolerance is a great thing.

riot pic from ireland.com (http://www.ireland.com/ITImage/urlpicture_id_1017357787400_20020508/riot8,0.jpg)

and the sage continues ....

another rally tonight (http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2002/0509/4058111593HM1CUSACK.html)

As an internal investigation into the Garda's handling of Monday's demonstration got under way, the Garda said last night a member from a north inner city station had been reassigned to indoor duties. what a farse .

and it gets worse and worse.

new footage shows police beating women and one garda saying
"i'll assualt who i wana assault"

check
http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=31220&group=webcast

or

http://www.indymedia.ie/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=4717

or just click here -

http://uk.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/policebeatgirls.mpg

to download the video

http://www.indymedia.ie/img_up/up_4/4717_3.JPG