No surprises, those armed Gards don’t shoot people unless they absolutely have to.
While it is sad that a man lost his life, it is the right decision to not prosecute the Garda
Sad that the young man met this fate, but if you saw the video you’d know that the Gardai weren’t really left with other options.
That’s good news. That guard was put in a horrible situation that left him with no other choice.
Just a bit of a shite situation all around. George Nkencho obviously had a history of serious mental health issues that were never properly addressed by the country’s laughably useless mental healthcare system. The incident in question came down to a lot of bad luck because he was going back to his family home but Gardaí had no way of knowing that, especially when he was armed with a knife while being very aggressive and confrontational
Right decision. Tragic for all involved.
As echoed in other comments, this was a very sad mental health issue that some people (including elected representatives) couldn’t wait to make into a race issue – it shows the dangers of importing American culture wars into Ireland, regardless of whether it’s the left or right (though the right tend to be a lot more odious) doing it.
Police involved shootings are so rare in Ireland, and thank god for that too. It cements the fact that armed response don’t discharge their weapons until they have no other options.
A tragic death (noone deserves to die) but it doesn’t look like the Gardai had any other option so this certainly seems like the correct decision.
Disgusting (but unsurprising) that the far right tried to weaponised this against immigrants.
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You can’t expect Guards to allow themselves to be murdered = = Justified shooting from the Guards.
Good news a tragic case that was very controversial at the time because of import American politics.
As tragic as this whole case is, it would have been even more tragic to read a potential headline of a garda killed on duty.
Took so long.
Clearly the right decision.
This Sub was a disgrace in the days following this. The amount of people on here calling the Garda who shot him a racist etc was disgusting.
Good. It was a completely justifiable shooting. People just got riled up about because they think American politics/police discrimination has anything to do with us.
No justice, no peace.
Easily perceived by decent people as a call to arms for our Black population, because the state sure as hell is not out to help them.
I seem to remember the knife he was yielding was essentially a dinner knife, can anyone clarify on that?
And rightly so.
I remember when this happened, this was the case that finally proved for me how biased BBC are. They completely skewed the case in their reporting to make it seem like a racist incident and left out a lot of important details. I’ve never trusted a BBC article since, not that I did much before.
This is indeed good news. Had he been charged it would be wise for other armed gardai to hand in their weapons and resign from armed duty. Where would that leave us?
Bit crazy that it was made what it was,he put that guard in the situation where he had no choice but to stop him, he die his job and did it well.its still goes without saying its hurtful and sad for his family but it had nothing to do with him being black absolutely nothing
Are people going to be trapped inside a spar and called white bastards now again by this thugs mates?
What took the DPP so long?
This poor Guard has been living with this for literally years.
I do feel so sorry for the lad who died (may he rip) but the Gardai clearly had no choice.
If nkencho had been white this would not have been an issue.
Hopefully we won’t see a return to the disgraceful scenes that plagued Blanchardstown in end Dec. 2020 and early Jan 2021.
No need for warning shots.
The warning was being surrounded by armed guards pointing guns at you.
If you decide to then lunge at them with a knife then it’s expected that you’ll be shot to neutralise and end the threat.
I saw the video at the time – it’s tragic but there was no other option for the gardai at the time. This was the right decision by the court.
I remember Paul Murphy at the time, desperate to stoke up a George Floyd style controversy, screaming that they should have shot him in the leg or some utter Hollywood shite like that.
It’s sad that anyone had to die, but there’s no doubt this is the right call for once. It had to end up this way
It’s actually shocking that the bleeding obvious took so long. It must be so demoralizing to be a Gaurd with a system like this.
Nearly 4 years for this to be determined? That is absolutely brutal for all parties involved.
Good.
Why anyone would want to be a Garda these days is beyond me. 3 and a half years with this hanging over your head for doing your job protecting the public.
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No surprises, those armed Gards don’t shoot people unless they absolutely have to.
While it is sad that a man lost his life, it is the right decision to not prosecute the Garda
Sad that the young man met this fate, but if you saw the video you’d know that the Gardai weren’t really left with other options.
That’s good news. That guard was put in a horrible situation that left him with no other choice.
Just a bit of a shite situation all around. George Nkencho obviously had a history of serious mental health issues that were never properly addressed by the country’s laughably useless mental healthcare system. The incident in question came down to a lot of bad luck because he was going back to his family home but Gardaí had no way of knowing that, especially when he was armed with a knife while being very aggressive and confrontational
Right decision. Tragic for all involved.
As echoed in other comments, this was a very sad mental health issue that some people (including elected representatives) couldn’t wait to make into a race issue – it shows the dangers of importing American culture wars into Ireland, regardless of whether it’s the left or right (though the right tend to be a lot more odious) doing it.
Police involved shootings are so rare in Ireland, and thank god for that too. It cements the fact that armed response don’t discharge their weapons until they have no other options.
A tragic death (noone deserves to die) but it doesn’t look like the Gardai had any other option so this certainly seems like the correct decision.
Disgusting (but unsurprising) that the far right tried to weaponised this against immigrants.
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You can’t expect Guards to allow themselves to be murdered = = Justified shooting from the Guards.
Good news a tragic case that was very controversial at the time because of import American politics.
As tragic as this whole case is, it would have been even more tragic to read a potential headline of a garda killed on duty.
Took so long.
Clearly the right decision.
This Sub was a disgrace in the days following this. The amount of people on here calling the Garda who shot him a racist etc was disgusting.
Good. It was a completely justifiable shooting. People just got riled up about because they think American politics/police discrimination has anything to do with us.
No justice, no peace.
Easily perceived by decent people as a call to arms for our Black population, because the state sure as hell is not out to help them.
I seem to remember the knife he was yielding was essentially a dinner knife, can anyone clarify on that?
And rightly so.
I remember when this happened, this was the case that finally proved for me how biased BBC are. They completely skewed the case in their reporting to make it seem like a racist incident and left out a lot of important details. I’ve never trusted a BBC article since, not that I did much before.
This is indeed good news. Had he been charged it would be wise for other armed gardai to hand in their weapons and resign from armed duty. Where would that leave us?
Bit crazy that it was made what it was,he put that guard in the situation where he had no choice but to stop him, he die his job and did it well.its still goes without saying its hurtful and sad for his family but it had nothing to do with him being black absolutely nothing
Are people going to be trapped inside a spar and called white bastards now again by this thugs mates?
What took the DPP so long?
This poor Guard has been living with this for literally years.
I do feel so sorry for the lad who died (may he rip) but the Gardai clearly had no choice.
If nkencho had been white this would not have been an issue.
Hopefully we won’t see a return to the disgraceful scenes that plagued Blanchardstown in end Dec. 2020 and early Jan 2021.
No need for warning shots.
The warning was being surrounded by armed guards pointing guns at you.
If you decide to then lunge at them with a knife then it’s expected that you’ll be shot to neutralise and end the threat.
I saw the video at the time – it’s tragic but there was no other option for the gardai at the time. This was the right decision by the court.
I remember Paul Murphy at the time, desperate to stoke up a George Floyd style controversy, screaming that they should have shot him in the leg or some utter Hollywood shite like that.
It’s sad that anyone had to die, but there’s no doubt this is the right call for once. It had to end up this way
It’s actually shocking that the bleeding obvious took so long. It must be so demoralizing to be a Gaurd with a system like this.
Nearly 4 years for this to be determined? That is absolutely brutal for all parties involved.
Good.
Why anyone would want to be a Garda these days is beyond me. 3 and a half years with this hanging over your head for doing your job protecting the public.
Good stuff, well done DPP!