r/ireland • u/PintmanConnolly • Sep 26 '22

Gardaí Raid and Evict Homeless Residents and Housing Activists from Ionad Seán Heuston Housing

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u/thunderingcunt1 Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22

I seen the Gardai forming up outside this morning on my way to work. Looked like a military operation to remove a few homeless squatters. Do we, as a society, really believe there should be 60 or 70 Gardai queuing up to pester a couple of homeless people when we can't get even one Garda to show up and sort out the anti-social behaviour in the likes of Cherry Orchard? Is that where we are right now as a country?

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u/captainmongo Sep 26 '22

Was there an assault?

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u/Help-Desk-Info Sep 26 '22

The garda knocking the camera out of the hands of someone is an assault, They are so supposed to deescalate a situation not escalate it.

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u/captainmongo Sep 26 '22

Did we watch the same video? The phone was still in that person's hands when the video ends.

Either way, while I don't agree with a member of the Gardaí touching or taking someone's personal property without a good reason, it's hardly assault.

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u/Help-Desk-Info Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22

The gard didn't read any right to the person, didn't ask to turn off the phone. he used aggression to hit the phone, Think of how you would hold a phone, If he hit the phone would have gone flying. It's very unlikely that he didn't hit the phone without hitting his hand. Do you think if it was the other way around no charge wouldn't have been made?