OscailtOccupy accuse Gardai of political policing on 1st anniversary<em>Occupy Galway anniversary assembly disrupted by Gardai:
Yesterday marked the 1st anniversary of the establishment of the Occupy movement in Galway.
Between the Lisbrook house refugee eviction protest, the hearing of a spurious courtcase against two occupiers for "chalking", a subsequent spontaneous "chalking" reunion in the square and some heavy handed police action, it was not uneventful! ;-)</em>
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2012-10-16T18:02:27+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=102600http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gif"I'm refusing legal aid - Charges are withdrawn"http://www.indymedia.ie/article/102600#comment2926872012-10-16T18:02:27+00:00Occupy"Well I can assure you he wasn't at risk because I don't think I would ever send..."Well I can assure you he wasn't at risk because I don't think I would ever send someone to jail for writing with chalk on a wall, that was the alleged charge, chalk can be moved, can be rubbed off by a two year old child and common sense has to come into this so I'm refusing legal aid and I've given the reasons why. There was never ever in my view a chance that anyone would go to jail in this country for writing with chalk and thats my view and certainly while I'm sitting here. Now thats not to say that I'm encouraging everyone to go out and start writing with chalk on the walls."<br />
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- Reply from Judge Mary Fahy to defendants barrister<br />
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It's not about putting activists in jail at allhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/102600#comment2926892012-10-16T23:12:06+00:00serfin my view, this had little to do with getting a conviction and jail time and ev...in my view, this had little to do with getting a conviction and jail time and everything to do with harassing activists using the gardai and the legal system and just generally wearing them down.<br />
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Jails are expensive to run and that's money they could be stealing or giving to their rich bankster / corporate friends<br />
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Political policing is not necessarily about putting you in jail. Just wearing you down, stopping you protesting and shutting you up. <br />
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From that perspective, this case; which I believe, was postponed twice before finally being thrown out; was yet another success for the state. It harassed activists, stressed them out, wasted their time and drained their energy, yet it costs a lot less to do all this a few times to someone than to put them in prison.