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Indymedia Journo in court for obstruction

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Wednesday May 15, 2002 13:49author by Jon Wildeauthor email Arkaos at subdimension dot com Report this post to the editors

I'm only linking this in case IT have a wobbly over copyright. http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2002/0515/1817683962HM4CTDEMPSEY.html Short link: http://makeashorterlink.com/?I1E625FD An Indymedia Journo is in court charged with obstructing a Guard during the Burlington Hotel anti-globalisation protest last year. The Journo is alledged to have obstructed the guard during an altercation in which a protester is alledged to have struck the Guard with a stick. The Journo is pleading not guilty to three charges: breach of the peace, obstruction and unlawful possession of a card-type Swiss army knife. I *think* (and correction would be appreciated), that the "card-type Swiss army knife" mentioned is this: http://www.victorinox.com/newsite/en/produkte/produktdetails/detail.cfm?pid=0-7106 Shorter link http://makeashorterlink.com/?P5C621FD I have one, here's the details 1 pin 1 nail file with screwdriver 5.4cm 1 plastic toothpick 4.2cm 1 tweezers 4.6cm 1 ballpoint pen 7cm 1 sissors 7.8cm (cutting edge 1.8cm) 1 knife 8 cm (cutting edge 4cm) "Unauthorised possession" my feckin arse.

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author by Joe Sheehanpublication date Wed May 15, 2002 14:39author address author phone Report this post to the editors

This is stupid, if they are going to charge evryone who carries a penknife then there is going to be a long list of us. If he gets charged with carrying the swiss army knife I will have to turn myself in too and make sure I get charged.
Hopefully the judge will see how stupid this is. I know I know but I am an eternal optimist.

author by Joe Sheehanpublication date Wed May 15, 2002 14:44author email jsheehan at subdimension dot comauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

Further to this charge being loaded on the others "unlawful possession of a card-type Swiss army knife". Seriously does anyone know how to LAWFULLY passess a card type Swiss Army Knife?

Is this a charge that anyone carrying a penknife could have thrown on them in the future?

author by LDpublication date Wed May 15, 2002 14:46author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Same type of bullshit used against Joe Moffatt by Fascist Italian coppers (well more serious in fact) they didn't get away with it neither should the Irish ones.

author by Jon Wildepublication date Wed May 15, 2002 15:14author email Arkaos at subdimension dot comauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

and the knife itself is about the length of my little finger - and half of it is handle.

Unlawful possession? Mine's stamped with a company logo - corporate doodad a step up from the usual leaky biros they give out.

author by MGpublication date Wed May 15, 2002 16:16author address author phone Report this post to the editors

They will always try to claim a knife is a weapon no matter how innocuous it is. I was arrested in Scotland years back and when processing my property the copper wrote down 'Stanley Knife'. It was a normal Swiss Army knife. I pointed this out and the copper tried to pass it off as a mistake. However if I hadn't spotted it would a Stanley have appeared?
Since that incident I do not carry any knives on protests, even little wee keyring ones. Just gives them another excuse.

author by Seamuspublication date Thu May 16, 2002 03:36author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Someone was convicted recently in Limerick Circuit Court of carrying a concealed weapon. The weapon? A Stanley knife/carpet knife. Its location? The carrier bag of his bike. His profession? A fitter - someone who would actually have use for a Stanley knife in his daily job or might just leave it in his carrier and forget about it. He just happened to be stopped by the Gardai - not under suspicion of anything. The judge ruled that he could be convicted for carrying a concealed weapon as the judge believed it was carrying it "at an inappropriate time"

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