RSF CROKE PARK PROTEST PLACARD .
One of the placards carried by an RSF protestor outside Croke Park on Saturday , February 24 , 2007 .
Incidentally - and apparently , under “…Section Eight of the Criminal Justice Bill 2004…” (which was quoted and used by the Gardai against the protestors outside Croke Park) a member of the State Gardai can deem it an ‘offence’ to put the hood of your jacket up and can not only request , demand and/or insist that you remove your hood , but can - and did at the protest , a number of times - actually physically pull your hood down . The rain on Saturday , February 24 , at Croke Park was heavy and prolonged and the Gardai took great delight in pulling down the jacket hoods of the protestors and telling them that , should they put the hood back up , they would be arrested immediately . However , those with umbrellas were left unmolested…….
