Police baton-charge Rossport protestors - RTE news
Helper | 11.11.2006 03:15 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World
Irish police baton charged a crowd of peaceful protestors in Rossport, Co.Mayo, Ireland. The protestors are objecting to the attempt to build a high-pressure gas pipeline within blast radius of their homes. Shell and Statoil (Norwegian state company) stand to make billions from the deal negotiated with a corrupt government decades ago
5 of the local men have already been imprisoned for refusing to give an undertaking to allow Shell to build the pipeline through their lands.
A permanent solidarity camp has provided support for over a year and the tension and government pressure is ratcheting up in an attempt to break the local community.
The Irish Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell has attempted to insinuate that the protestors contain IRA/SinnFein elements.
This footage shown on RTE news on Nov 10th 2006 at midday is obviously hostile to the protestors but still cannot conceal the brutality of the police assault. It is encoded as Xvid in an avi container with the audio as mp3
A permanent solidarity camp has provided support for over a year and the tension and government pressure is ratcheting up in an attempt to break the local community.
The Irish Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell has attempted to insinuate that the protestors contain IRA/SinnFein elements.
This footage shown on RTE news on Nov 10th 2006 at midday is obviously hostile to the protestors but still cannot conceal the brutality of the police assault. It is encoded as Xvid in an avi container with the audio as mp3
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12.11.2006 14:56
If you watch the film you will notice two police officers attempt to throw a protestor down a bank, when he lands on the edge, one officer kicks the protestor down the bank. Later two officers throw another protestor over a barricade and down a bank.
Along with assualting a teacher, smashing private property (the teachers van), how can they be allowed to get away with it.
the MET may be bad but the batton weilding irish police seem to have taken things to a whole new level. Amazing what shells cash can do.
Along with assualting a teacher, smashing private property (the teachers van), how can they be allowed to get away with it.
the MET may be bad but the batton weilding irish police seem to have taken things to a whole new level. Amazing what shells cash can do.
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14.11.2006 11:54
I'm just back from talking to some of the people involved. The Guarda seem to have been given orders to ratchet up hosility. Their violence was totally unprovoed and is clearly criminal in its assault dimension and also in terms of EU human rights laws.
The Irish media have been shockingly timorous in coverage.
I get the feeling worse things are in store.
The Irish media have been shockingly timorous in coverage.
I get the feeling worse things are in store.
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