Teenagers with no value for life and no care for repercussions - **Read OP**

Glad to see 2 were caught & brought before court.

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/teenagers-found-guilty-of-canal-push-attack-on-chinese-woman/ar-AA11CxLv?cvid=ca802decb34c48d7a543a290a8d56d23

no one was hurt he took the bus back and gave himself up what do you want 10 years in the joy?

Hasn't been sentenced yet. I disagree with the throwing out of the driving offences and only went with the stolen bus, no doubt an offer to help him plead guilty and prevent a full case. It's quite common for youths like this to abscond from where they are supposed to be in care (remember, care staff can't put a hand on them, so if they walk out, they walk out), and then present themselves to a Garda station for a lift home. This toerag thought taking a double decker bus on a drive was a good idea... I'll await sentencing, but he won't get any time for it. Madness.

That's all well and good, and I agree, but when it would come to it then, someones "likkel angle" would have a case against them for assault. No protections for the innocent in Ireland, only the guilty.

I believe it's called lack of resources, and if they were to wait until they had enough, people would complain about the late response. Can't win. They did the right thing getting out of there. I've been in a similar situation, two patrol cars vs 3 joyriders and a gang of "citizens" pelting whatever they could. It scares the crap out of you because you know help is not immediate and things can get out of control very easily. That was back then, nowadays I don't think I'd cope. People really don't understand what it's like. All it takes is one "hero" to take things too far, and mob mentality takes over. With the complete lack of respect these days, I'd imagine things can get hairy very quickly.

Anyway, as the tweets say, what can they do? Take a heavy hand and be the scorn of media and da bleedin' hearts. Stand back and let it happen, and they get blamed for anything going bad. Go in with no support and potentially get the heads bate off them, or worse, for what? Management wouldn't even thank you for going beyond duty, and the social court would dissect every action to find the Gardai in the wrong with cut videos and lack of context.

I'm glad I left. I genuinely have no idea what, as a Garda, I could do in that situation. None whatsoever, and with the knowledge that anyone arrested for anything in that video will most likely walk out of court, it would seriously hamper any motivation or good intentions. I'd only be thinking about getting home. Doesn't matter what my job was, self preservation is number 1. Wouldn't go back for any money.

No prison space.

No talk of a new prison.

Land bought years ago in North county Dublin and left there costing the state millions.

Reluctant to use electronic tags on repeat offenders.

So the government have no interest in protecting its citizens or Gardai.

@Potential-Monke , very well said. I hate to say this but had that Garda car been disabled by the ramming, I think this would be an entirely different story, one in which two Garda are seriously injured. I am not even joking here but the only Garda responding to calls in that area should be two public order units.

Don't want to alienate a certain cohort of supporters

What can they do there? I'd say any steps the Gardai take there could have resulted in a riot with what was going on around them.

We had our own drama out here yesterday, the local Tesco shop was robbed by 3 lads. Gardai caught 2 of them, from what I am hearing there was a off duty Garda in the shop who caught them, one got a smack of a baton.

We really need to have tougher sentences and to really come down harder on the people in that video. I know the bleeding hearts will be saying their lives will be ruined and all that well they need to learn that if they break the law then there will be consequences. I am sure something could be worked out that if they are arrested and convicted at a young age then they can appeal to the courts after 5 years of exemplary behaviour to have the conviction dropped so its not hanging over them for the rest of their lives.

How are they deprived?

I'll bet they are well fed, have the latest smartphones, expensive trackies and trainers and can afford to buy cars. They have the same opportunities as anyone else. They're not starving and dressed in rags.

Somehow people in 'deprived' areas can afford to buy their kids scrambler bikes as gifts...