British Man Videoing Garda Stations

What law

Maybe he'll be able to solve the mystery of the missing R in the thread title and OP.

This sort of thing is common in America, obviously, it's catching on over here now. seem like some weird group.

They basically just stand there and film.

I find this disturbing. I can't watch over 10 mins.

Why did he do this, is the question.

edit:typo

yeah watched one the other day where the dingbat made a big fuss about flying his drone over a factory of some sort. looked to be chemical processing or some sort of primary substance location.

i thought maybe the factory might be embroiled in some sort of controversy or politics of some kind, but no, there was no real background story from what i could tell by the end.

no real reason. just another annoying crank doing his annoying crank thing.

a giant meteorite is long overdue for this world.

There was a thread on this nutter before. Attention seeking twat.

Gardai come off a lot worse than the guy filming in the Irishtown video. Big ogreish looking fella had a nightmare

Watched the Irishtown video there - while yer man filming is obviously an attention seeker the gardaí in the video did themselves no favours.

It’s not illegal to film things in public - there’s no presumption of privacy in a public space.

The gardaí appeared to lack knowledge of the law surrounding this area and instead just resorted to bully/intimidation tactics to try and cow him. That or they knew he wasn’t actually breaking any laws but tried to pretend that he was in order to raise a threat of prosecution.

Either way, they didn’t look great. Should’ve just ignored yer man.

They think they are checking the sanctity of the first amendment rights.

the idea that people can go into garda stations and start asking questions and the like with a camera is ridiculous lock him up and let him see how much he likes that part of the station

I am not wasting 20 minutes of my life on this nonsense.

The people doing this need to get a life, sad twats.

Aren't there laws against harrassment? Following people around with a camera is harrassment? Filming them at their place of work while they carry out their duties is harrassment?

I think you're mixed up there. Initially when I read through this I thought he would be attention seeking and provoking but I thought he was measured and reasonable. The guards came across awfully. Intimidating and making up laws on the spot. Clearly shows the abuse of power that they use on a daily basis as it kicks in without thinking.

It's no harm to have this 'audit' as a re-education is long overdue for the Gardai when dealing with the public. A lot of them behave like prehistoric old school bullies and have poor communication and de-escalation skills which only fan the flames in a lot of situations. I understand in certain situations a show of force is needed but this wasn't in the slightest confrontational until they tried to make it so...possibly to engineer an arrest.

Saw some of the Lucan one..

the guy is looking at the ""Ring Bell for Attention"" button and you can almost feel him burning up inside because he wants to press it for attention......

The Gardai don't do themselves any favours in that video.

If it's an offence all they had to do was state what it was and under what section. If he's obliged to provide them info then again, under section whatever.

Much simpler and would have ended this interaction there and then. Instead they go for this confrontational/intimidating approach but clearly have no legal basis for it by their evasive responses when specifically asked.

While I question the value of filming Garda stations in itself, this highlights the gaps in their interactions with the public and their overreliance on vague references and intimidation to bully their way though an interaction.

Social media summed up in one sentence.

He makes money from it

If he was really a responsible concerned citizen he'd blur out those Number Plates of the Garda personal veichles.

Yeah, there probably isn't a law against filming a garda station. I wouldn't mind if such a law existed though. If I wanted to report an attack on me by somebody I knew - or domestic abuse, I might be reluctant if I thought there could be a video of me entering the station going up on Youtube.

The guy was probably within his rights, but that doesn't mean he's not a plonker.

How would they know what your business in the police station was? You could be going in for a Garda vetting form or passport witnessing or anything equally as mundane.

To reiterate, I’m not a fan of this guy or the way he goes about things. However he hasn’t done anything illegal in fairness, and I don’t see any harm in seeing how the Gardaí respond to this - from what we’ve seen their response has been poor, with either ignorance of the law or making up the law to suit them on display. They have a very important job and wield considerable power over the average citizen. They should be held to a high standard and rightly so.