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Garda Shoot to Kill

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Friday May 27, 2005 14:59

by james

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McDowell gives the signal and the ERU do the job

Garda killings are sanctioned and encouraged by the state.

Thursday's killings in Lusk if they occured in the north before the ceasefires and if the RUC or the Bristish army had been involved would have brought immediate public questioning by many prominent political figures and many media commentators. The silence here is deafening.

There have been a spate of serious armed robberies over recent times and a spate of gangland style killings. The state felt things were getting out of hand so they reacted in the same way they have done before.

McDowell gave the signal earlier with his "Operation Anvil" launch. Frankly as I discussed this with a friend we both felt that it meant the ERU would kill someone. It is evident from the reports(slanted as they are, Paul McWilliams the garda spokeperson oops journalist stated that an exchange of gunfire had occured) that one unfired gun and a sledge hammer were recovered. Two dead in a hail of bullets.

The ERU strikes again not for the first or unfortunately the last time. The Gardai on the ropes over corruption charges and accusations of brutality on the Reclaim the Streets march have been given a signal by the politcal leadership of the country that all is well and get on with the job.

The bottom line is this the gardai are vital for the control of society and the protection of capital and the state. If they cross the line every now and then that's okay once they know who's boss. Anyone who has illusions in their willingness to batter protestors, frame up undesirables and even kill for the state should cop themselves on.

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Comments (63 of 63)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Re:	Santy Claus	Fri May 27, 2005 15:38
2	Hurray for the ERU	jeff	Fri May 27, 2005 15:45
3	Wtrong wrong wrong wrong wrong	Al	Fri May 27, 2005 15:58
4	Santa	Al	Fri May 27, 2005 16:20
5	Live by the sword, die by the sword.	Johnny Rotten	Fri May 27, 2005 16:29
6	camus?	Al	Fri May 27, 2005 16:32
7	Al, Camus is...	Jeff	Fri May 27, 2005 17:05
8	Mr Larkins says	Reader	Fri May 27, 2005 18:12
9	Well, Mr.Larkin	jeff	Fri May 27, 2005 18:21
10	Eh jeff muppet	Reader	Fri May 27, 2005 18:23
11	Applaud the Gardai	Dozzey	Fri May 27, 2005 18:28
12	Could be caught in the crossfire	Gerry	Fri May 27, 2005 18:32
13	who	Con carroll	Fri May 27, 2005 18:56
14	Con Carroll's posting	Sense	Fri May 27, 2005 19:32
15	Briefly acquainted with the truth	Billy Jack	Fri May 27, 2005 23:37
16	muhumad weeps!	jesus	Fri May 27, 2005 23:52
17	What?	Al	Sat May 28, 2005 20:41
18	Media got it wrong again	Pete	Sat May 28, 2005 23:24
19	"Shoot to Kill" - Lusk Post Office	Martha	Sun May 29, 2005 00:21
20	Police State	Isolde	Sun May 29, 2005 00:40
21	The Gardai could have, and should have maimed and not killed the would-be robbers.	rooster	Sun May 29, 2005 01:09
22	Garda Murders????	Wedgy	Sun May 29, 2005 03:51
23	papers	Al	Sun May 29, 2005 16:50
24	Eye Witness Info	Lusk Man	Sun May 29, 2005 20:54
25	Weird	Darko	Sun May 29, 2005 21:17
26	Anyone know if post-mortems are to be done?	eeekkk	Sun May 29, 2005 22:02
27	let us investigate	donegal danny	Mon May 30, 2005 00:03
28	Dont know	Al	Mon May 30, 2005 00:26
29	Dr Cassidy	Phil Boylan	Mon May 30, 2005 01:04
30	Nice.	Al	Mon May 30, 2005 01:12
31	Amen to that	mr. pedantic	Mon May 30, 2005 12:28
32	While we are at it	Al	Mon May 30, 2005 18:11
33	Con Carroll is correct and the liberals are olut of touch with reality	aunty neo liberal	Tue May 31, 2005 01:38
34	Compassion??	bewildered	Tue May 31, 2005 11:41
35	Nice mix	Paddy Whacker	Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:07
36	Predictable result: an arms race	R. Isible	Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:30
37	Who shall guard the guardians?	Vinny fan	Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:27
38	Quid custodiet ipsos custodes?	ipsiphi .:.	Wed Jun 01, 2005 13:35
39	Shoot to Miss	Barra Ó Gríobhtha	Thu Jun 02, 2005 04:48
40	re: Barra Ó Gríobhtha "shoot to miss"	how shallt thou kill?	Thu Jun 02, 2005 14:19
41	Well, well	Shocked	Thu Jun 02, 2005 17:22
42	It seems very badly handled by the ERU	Barry	Thu Jun 02, 2005 23:56
43	Interesting compare & contrast English Shoot to Kill incident with "an Irishman" "scotsman"	mc cavity	Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:24
44	it is worth considering contrasting & comparing (slight suffix to previous comment = READ IT PLEASE)	mc cavity	Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:38
45	A few points	Al	Sat Jun 04, 2005 19:23
46	Thats my point exactly Al	Barry	Sat Jun 04, 2005 21:07
47	No Barry you are wrong	Al	Sat Jun 04, 2005 23:22
48	real world	Barra Ó Gríobhtha	Sun Jun 05, 2005 05:49
49	Good post but not appreciated	Al	Sun Jun 05, 2005 22:10
50	Al	Nicolo	Sun Jun 05, 2005 23:13
51	Thanks	Al	Mon Jun 06, 2005 13:46
52	Europe?	HappyHippy	Tue Jun 07, 2005 01:29
53	Point proved I think.	Al	Tue Jun 07, 2005 19:39
54	re: Al's comment no. 49	homemaker	Tue Jun 07, 2005 20:14
55	Actually my family finances do justify my politics	billpayer	Tue Jun 07, 2005 21:20
56	Well yes actually	Al	Wed Jun 08, 2005 12:45
57	aint that sweet.	io	Wed Jun 08, 2005 21:23
58	Are they or Aren't they?	=	Wed Jun 08, 2005 21:27
59	They got one thing right	Old Bill	Thu Jun 09, 2005 04:11
60	Yes and no	Al	Thu Jun 09, 2005 18:22
61	careful on the plane Al	Barry	Thu Jun 09, 2005 18:40
62	apples don't fall too far eh?	-	Thu Jun 09, 2005 22:07
63	Emergency Response Unit	John O'Connell	Sat May 06, 2006 04:07

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