Mick Clifford: Behaviour of gardaí under intense scrutiny
The behaviour of gardaí is now both under intense scrutiny and potentially subject to serious disinformation campaigns
Four people were charged and were due to appear before the district court following protests and trouble at a site earmarked to accommodate international protection applicants in Co Wicklow. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie
An Garda Síochána has been all over the news in recent days but two elements to their work demand specific attention, and in both they are under serious pressure not of their making.
On Wednesday it was announced that the DPP had determined that no charges would be brought against any garda for the shooting dead of George Nkencho. Mr Nkencho, who had a history of mental health issues, was shot dead outside his home in west Dublin in December 2020. He was earlier involved in an alleged assault in a shop and the gardaí had used taser and pepper spray in an attempt to subdue him. He was shot a number of times after he appeared to lunge at gardaí with a knife.
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