blogger Dara Quigley in memoriam (6 month anniversary)
Today is anniversary of Dara Quigley's death. The police have all but washed their hands of the incident. The Irish police are currently "under investigation" for a litany of abuses of power. The last police commissioner was eventually (and gently) nudged out. There is no replacement commissioner to date. This should comes as no suprise to Irish citizens. Politics and Policing come from the same fountain of power in Ireland. Those politicians in power rule with impunity. The Irish media is just a compliant slave to the state. This makes Dara's passing a real loss for Ireland. She was a lover of language and wrote from deep in the hearts of the community.
Welcome to Steemit, Dara Quigley.
The following are some reports at the time of the Dara Quigley death.
Campaigning journalist Dara Quigley has been identified as the woman filmed being arrested and dragged into a Garda car after walking naked in Dublin city centre.
Dara, who was battling mental health issues, took her own life within days of the video being shared on Facebook allegedly by a member of An Garda Síochána. http://www.broadsheet.ie/2017/05/10/disgusting-2/
Stephen Breen, in The Irish Sun, reports:
A major probe is under way after a woman who was allegedly filmed by a garda as she walked naked in a busy street took her own life just days later.
The officer has been accused of using his mobile phone to record CCTV footage of her arrest in Dublin last month and then sharing it in a WhatsApp group.
The north Dublin woman had been suffering from depression and was receiving treatment for drug addiction when she was detained in the city on April 7 under the Mental Treatment Act.
It’s understood the video clip was posted to Facebook three days later by another individual — and viewed 123,000 times within a 24-hour period.
Facebook removed the clip on April 11 after being contacted by senior gardai but the woman’s body was found in the Munster area the following day.
The officer at the centre of the allegation is suspended on full pay. It’s understood he denies the allegation and any wrongdoing whatsoever.
