On The Ground, Ireland: New Cops, New Violence Part One
Oscar Beard | 13.03.2007 20:52 | Rossport Solidarity | Ecology | Repression | Social Struggles | World
Monday morning, 12 March 2007, saw the transfer of a new contingent of guards to police the Shell gas terminal refinery construction site at Bellanaboy, County Mayo, North West Ireland.
Several protestors, both young and old, stepped in the road to peacefully blockade trucks and buses going into the site. The guards immediately jumped on them with increasing violence, ending in all out unprovoked attacks.
Many of the new guards are listed as “U” on their lapels. This journalist was informed by a local this means the guards have been drafted in from Dublin.
Officer U235 was the guard who drop-kicked the young man at the end of the video.
Many of the new guards are listed as “U” on their lapels. This journalist was informed by a local this means the guards have been drafted in from Dublin.
Officer U235 was the guard who drop-kicked the young man at the end of the video.
Oscar Beard
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