CCTV shows bag of cow dung thrown by protesting farmer never hit junior minister Anne Rabbitte, court hears
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/cctv-shows-bag-of-cow-dung-thrown-by-protesting-farmer-never-hit-junior-minister-anne-rabbitte-court-hears/a972880548.html
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>After witnessing Mr Baldwin throwing the bag towards Mr Cannon, Ms Rabbitte told the court that she thought “Jesus. God help us. What is after happening to Ciaran? How will he recover from that one?”
#SEAN! SEEAAAN!
>He said: “Her demeanour in the witness box was emotional from the get-go with Ms Silke. As soon as the white flag dropped she was in tears and under cross-examination there wasn’t a tear to be shed and she was able to robustly interact with me in terms of her answers because I put it to her repeatedly that what she said did not stack up.”
She’d run a methane plant by herself if she wanted to.
>Mr Hassett said that Ms Rabbitte told the gardaí that the bag hit her on the shoulder and the camera footage “has proven Ms Rabbitte did not tell the gardaí the truth”.
I remember the threads here at the time, it was like she was shot despite people at the meeting accurately relaying what had actually happened.
Not reading the article because I don’t give a ‘shite’.
What I’m more concerned about is how he filled the bag with shite? Do you reckon it was a standard shovel? Maybe it was a scoop? Or maybe some other shit moving tool we don’t even know about? Maybe they have these bag filling shit tools all over the country? Sure we wouldn’t even know about it? Some politicians could be in for a pretty shitty campaign in this general election…
I don’t think it matters if you miss somebody with something you chose throw at them or not.
Shades of Joan Burton in this case (and I’m not talking about colour)
She’s trying to get a conviction against him at all costs. She has proven herself an unreliable witness in a court of law in Ireland. I don’t agree with his tactics,but herself and less so Ciaran Cannon are out for blood. Any judge worth their salt would consider the appropriate response to this.
Cannon is not standing for re-election, I imagine that Rabitte will.
If it can be categorically proven that there was no physical contact between her and the bag of dung despite her claiming the opposite. Not to mention going full Joan Burton playing up the whole thing for sympathy.
This could prove damaging to her in any future election campaign. It will be something that other election candidates can use as a stick to beat her claims of credibility and honesty with.