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Tuesday September 23, 2003 00:55 by Gadgeteer
Monday, 22nd September 2003, 5.00-7.30pm
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Monday, 22nd September 2003, 5.00-7.30pm
at Dublin City Centre.
IRISH GOVERNMENTS RESPONSE
to
Car Free Day,
Monday 22nd September, 2003.
Dublin City.
IRISH GOVERNMENTS RESPONSE
to
Car Free Day,
Monday 22nd September, 2003.
Dublin City.
1 Garda Helicopter
Garda Surveillance on GPO roof top
A team of up to 10 undercover Garda with cameras
4 Horse Mounted Garda
4 Aggressive Garda Dogs
Up to a dozen Garda Motorbikes
Up to a half dozen Garda Mountain bikes
More than half a dozen Garda Snatch Vans
2 - 4 X 4 Garda Patrols
Audio-Visual Surveillance Van equipped with high-tec equipment
Dozens of Garda CCTV cameras
Senior Garda policing Sergeants, Inspectors, etc.
Up to 100 Uniformed Garda (all wearing their numbers!)
All the other things they get up to
ALSO PRESENT:
Body and personal property searches by undercover and uniformed Garda
Confiscation of peoples bags, all the paint, markers, pens and chalk
Personal details taken in lots of black books
Intimidation, Oppressiveness, and Tension
Complete and Calculated control of the event
All this for less than 200 intelligent, fun loving and good humoured folk who simply wanted to cycle and walk the sunny streets of Dublin on CAR FREE DAY.
well done in that compilation! maybe a SF td would ask a dail question as to how much that security operation cost.
Excellent report indeed. Respect to the Gardai but pity they are not out on the streets in force like that when innocent people are getting the shit kicked out of them - and their lives taken from them.
(among other times)
Some great pictures there. The Garda appearing in the first photo, beside the flag, does he attend every left wing demo in Dublin? :)
hes a cyborg so they can leave him on contiuous duty.
Around 200 protestors, not the biggest rts event, i'll bet the lovely gards thought they'd just be kind and help boost numbers. Sure the amount of traffic disruption caused by parked vans, loitering gards and horses really clogged up the streets. And they have such pretty bright jackets to keep the trapped motorists amused at their antics, and those cameras sure they were just trying to put together a documentary of their protest against cars to show the other lads at the station in the hope it will catch on, before you know it gards blocking traffic randomly will be a regular thing. Good to see them on board after their previous indiscretions, sure they subvert the state more than any of us could hope to.