Dublin Racist Riots (1 Viewer)

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3. Policing - the cops are underprepared to deal with this sort of thing, in no small part because they've not had to deal with a consistent element like this since the good friday agreement if not ever. They are also under resourced. In light of this, how dangerous or otherwise dublin city is on a normal night is not entirely directly proportional to how something like this kicks off.

In a way I think it's good that the cops are underprepared for this sort of thing. Having riot police trained up and ready to rock is a waste of public money if you only have a riot every second decade

 

[Reets]

I work politics adjacent, and everyone’s been told to leave immediately and head home.

 

[Anthony]

yellow riot warning

 

[Reets]

I’m running to Tesco for snacks, to be on the safe side.
Town has a weird “Purge” feel to it today.

 

[ernesto]

In a way I think it's good that the cops are underprepared for this sort of thing. Having riot police trained up and ready to rock is a waste of public money if you only have a riot every second decade

Yeah it's great

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Yeah it's great

Gardaí receive water cannons to deal with future riots

Gardaí have acquired water cannons for use in the events of any further riots or violent protests.

www.rte.ie

 

[JohnnyRaz]

In a way I think it's good that the cops are underprepared for this sort of thing. Having riot police trained up and ready to rock is a waste of public money if you only have a riot every second decade

I think unfortunately we'll be getting more than one every 20 years from now on...

 

[therealjohnny]

I’m running to Tesco for snacks, to be on the safe side.
Town has a weird “Purge” feel to it today.

 

[ernesto]

I'm not a big fan of the cops normally but holy fuck I hope they go to town on these shitbags and That this is a turning point for our justice system .

 

[Reets]

Grafton st now

 

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Gardaí receive water cannons to deal with future riots

Gardaí have acquired water cannons for use in the events of any further riots or violent protests.

www.rte.ie

water cannons.

Surely it would be more cost effective if they got them all in for a couple of swift pints, some whiskey chasers, put on some LOUD choones, and sent them off with some sturdy shticks.

 

[seanc]

Why not both?

 

[Deadmanposting]

2. failure to address poverty and exclusion in the north east city center, leading to a group of chancers ready to take the opportunity of wreck the gaff. This is a multigenerational project, that no govt. in the past 40 years has addressed. (@Deadmanposting - would welcome your thoughts on this, as while I lived there for a while, you se

I'm no expert, but I'd agree with all that
Everyone ignores this part of the city til there's a problem
I'd trace the real deterioration back to CPAD and the govt and Gards siding with the dealers
While the rest of Ireland were looking after themselves with jobs for the boys and Ansbacher accounts

I don't know that it's fixable now

 

[Deadmanposting]

I’d say the slagging yer man’s gonna get in work after that will be far far worse than anything he experienced last night.

Good to hear Joe blaming GDPR for all of this. Much insights.

For real
Joe sounded like he was on the cusp of saying the Gards should have guns

Strange days

 

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For real
Joe sounded like he was on the cusp of saying the Gards should have guns

Strange days

They should have guns. Then they can get their guns, and stick it up the youngfla's ass, and pull the trigger until it goes click. Nobody's gonna mess with the Guards.

 

[nuke terrorist]

Firstly - agree 100% with the Love Ulster nonsense never being allowed. It was giving a platform to a shower of bigots, and almost guaranteed to cause trouble.
But... not defending the cops policing of this, but having been at top of o connell st/parnell at the time that kicked off I'd pretty radically disagree with the statement '

There was an attempted sit down on parnell st, which the cops cleared, which led directly to the protestors (or some of them) breaking into the building site, building a barricade from the fencing and breaking paving stones to throw at the cops.

It was when the cops push the riot back to the spire/abbey st junction that the others really joined in in numbers

I've been at a lot of protests before and since, and never seen anything escalate in the way that did.

Re: February 2006.
OK.
Sorry, I stand corrected. I wasn't there.

 

[magicbastarder]

i just find the 'we are calling for a police state in all but name to protect us from these right wing bigots' clamouring, amusing (i don't mean on thumped, FWIW).

 

[Cormcolash]

Sounds like the riots a few years back. Small core of a few hundred ‘organised’ protesters kick things off, and then the lads come out to throw rocks at the cops and grab a new pair of shoes.

Yeah, it was the same principle alright

 

[Cormcolash]

Also, Guards looked like saps last night. Couldnt beat eggs.

That's the usual. The Guards won't try and confront any group larger than themselves, unless they have the heavy back-up riot squad behind them. Like, 2 guards wouldn't try and stop 5 people fighting in the street, they'd call for back-up.

 

[Cormcolash]

Everyone's angry now, but it will settle down again, til the next time some poor unfortunate gets battered or slashed or murdered on Abbey St or Marlborough St

Correction - as long as the poor unfortunate is Irish, and not like from one of them, eh, ya know, loser countries