Comments on: Police Torture Dead Boy’s Mother

By: Bock

Bock — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:40:46 +0000

Nick: All I’ll say about the Garda agenda is that they have a certain modus operandi when dealing with suspects they can’t nail in the courts. This commonly involves leaks, innuendo and character assassination.

I imagine such behaviour is found in all police forces everywhere.

By: Nick McGivney

Nick McGivney — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:40:35 +0000

This was a case that resonated hugely for me at the time, Bock. The whole semen issue seemed strange, not that it was a factor, but in how the issue was handled and how the resultant VIS by M Holohan was jumped on by the judiciary. Your analysis of it here is a fine example of how balance can be achieved, at least in some respects, through informed blogging. I’m not fully 100% on board viz the Garda agenda, but perhaps you know more about it than you’re saying. I do like your even handedness on the part of Wayne O’D who has his own grief to contend with. Kudos for this.

By: local common sense

local common sense — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:37:55 +0000

your not all that bad bock

By: roosta

roosta — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:07:45 +0000

bock, your articles on this subject have been informative and refreshing, about one millions miles from the tripe the Indo has spewed about this for the last week.

keep up the good work.

By: problemchildbride

problemchildbride — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:03:48 +0000

Is anyone else a bit disconcerted to learn that there’s this much semen at large in everyday life? Billions and billions of doomed little swimmers trying to impregnate ties and cuffs and pencil sharpeners and tacos. All, all of them spurned. You’d hardly know whether it was a comedy a tragedy or a horror movie.

By: John Mc

John Mc — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:46:32 +0000

Me too!

About your knowledge of semen that is.

There was a thing on the radio here, (NPR), about DNA testing and exactly this - what amount is incriminating versus that which can be had by casual contact. The law is very vague about this.

By: Bock

Bock — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:16:06 +0000

Thanks.

By: Twenty Major

Twenty Major — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:04:15 +0000

I don’t know the ins and outs of this case, Bock, but I am impressed with how much you know about spunk.