Student Protest Against Garda Brutality.

AnimalRights

Turned on Sky News at 5.30 and seen the riots at the London students protest, I then rembered there was a anti Garda brutality one at Stephen's Green at 6pm!! I rushed out but alas I forgot my flash!






One of my mates spotting me!








and finally the wee lass who was tossed aside like a cupboard box by the gardai last week and made a celeb by the online sites!

the_monkey

Nice one AR , not afraid to get out there in the thick of it and take some great shots!

Jim

Why do I get the feeling there's gonna be a lot of these sets over the next year or so!

Dara Robinson

pity I did not hear about it, probably would have been there myself

zerohamster

Did it end up being peaceful as intended or was there trouble?

Jim

zerohamster wrote: »

Did it end up being peaceful as intended or was there trouble?

I was there for most of it and it was totally peaceful. No one tried to start anything. I left before the very end though so can't say for sure.

scotchy

"Is your mother proud of you?".....Love it:D


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Jim

Jim wrote: »

I was there for most of it and it was totally peaceful. No one tried to start anything. I left before the very end though so can't say for sure.

My pics. Few more here : http://pix.ie/jimeatsmenu/album/393536

Peaceful Protester


Leading The March


Riot Police Arrive...
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In The Spotlight

Nice shots both of ye.

Was planning to head up. Was expecting it to end in mayhem. Were the Public Order Unit around at all?


Kinda glad I didn't head up now. I'd have thought that after last weeks efforts and with what's happening in London, there'd be murders for sure.

K_user

Nice shots - you caught the mood.

Anyone want to guess how many of those people will be needing the Guards help for something or other in the next few years? :rolleyes:

challengemaster

Funny, I can spot one person there (long blonde curly haired guy) who had a bloody head at the first protest.

nice shots lads

KKV, public order unit for 200 people?

John

K_user wrote: »

Nice shots - you caught the mood.

Anyone want to guess how many of those people will be needing the Guards help for something or other in the next few years? :rolleyes:

I doubt many of them are against the Gardai as a whole but rather the unnecessary force used at the last protest.

challengemaster

challengemaster wrote: »

KKV, public order unit for 200 people?

Just figured, seen as the whole idea behind the protest was 'garda brutality', being organised so soon after the last one, and with London taking a hammering, they would have been there anyway, just incase.

Borderfox

Great shots Janer, glad you forgot your flash..

Promac

Borderfox wrote: »

Great shots Janer, glad you forgot your flash..

Exactly what I was thinking.

LeoB

K_user wrote: »

Anyone want to guess how many of those people will be needing the Guards help for something or other in the next few years? :rolleyes:

Fair point. I am sure most of the students are fine but there are 2 sides to this and not all our Gardái are "bad".

Do ya ever get any of students vomiting in people front gardens on their way home? Or Peeing in the street?

Some Nice shots here B.T.W

AnimalRights

K_user wrote: »

Anyone want to guess how many of those people will be needing the Guards help for something or other in the next few years? :rolleyes:

Funny you should say this but some Union head boss was saying the same about the Gardai and when they may need the people to support them!

challengemaster wrote: »

KKV, public order unit for 200 people?

Thats the right hand side of the protest outside Pearse st cop shop, there is the middle and the left to add in to the total, word has it it was 650+ I assumed from my counting skills it was 800-1000
Not bad for a midweek march in the pissing rain!

thebaz

nice one Janer - i particularly like the 2nd one

b

AnimalRights

Borderfox wrote: »

Great shots Janer, glad you forgot your flash..

Because I had no flash I also missed many shots in places not so well lit up and I also struggled with low shutter speeds and blur.(so if there had've been any scuffles they woulda just been blurred!)
It's too easy to say no flash is romantic.

Whippersnapper

Jim wrote: »

In The Spotlight

Nice to see Dave Grohl actively supporting his fanbase.

K_user

AnimalRights wrote: »

Funny you should say this but some Union head boss was saying the same about the Gardai and when they may need the people to support them!

Keep the photos coming - they make for interesting viewing.

I love the fact that the last one, outside Pearse st, has a Garda in the middle of the crowd and that there are a few guys just looking over at him.

The thing is, how many people protested the last time a Garda was hurt?
How many people protested the last time a Garda had to come around to their local area and clean up the mess/trouble made by someone else?
How many people protest everytime they see/hear about a law been broken?

But someone mentions making protest against the guards and a 1,000 people show up. And some cover their faces - why? Isn't it a peaceful protest?

I know I'm starting to rant, and I'll stop now , but its just a personal gripe of mine.

(Next I'll be seen outside Pearse St with a sign - Protesting the protest )

K_user

AnimalRights wrote: »

Because I had no flash I also missed many shots in places not so well lit up and I also struggled with low shutter speeds and blur.(so if there had've been any scuffles they woulda just been blurred!)
It's too easy to say no flash is romantic.

I'd say you were kicking yourself at times!

Still though, fair play, you got some great shots. And a bit of blur in a protest adds atmosphere - IMHO.

magicbastarder

that would be a debate for a different forum.

K_user

magicbastarder wrote: »

that would be a debate for a different forum.

Exactly - hence my apologies for ranting!