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The conspiracy queen and anti-lockdown leader Gemma O’Doherty was released after she was arrested for refusing to give her name and address to the Gardai.
O’Doherty was arrested today after calling a garda a “gangster” while broadcasting the incident live to thousands of followers on his website, Dublin Live reports.
Gardai questioned the right-wing anti-masker after challenging officers who were removing a banner from an overpass that spanned one of Dublin’s busiest roads in rush hour today.
The Dubliner was held up at Bray Garda station after he live-streamed a fight with officers, where he called one a “gangster” when he brought down a huge sign that had been tied to a footbridge over the N11 near Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow.
In the now-viral video, the controversial activist can be heard saying, “Look at this! Look at this! This is criminal damage.”
(Image: Stephen Collins / Collins Photos)
Pointing his camera at one of the gardai, he said, “How dare you? Look at this. This is a gangster.”
The former Irish Independent reporter then asks one of the guards for his identification number before claiming that what he was doing was “criminal mischief”.
There were two signs on the busy road, one reading “Masks Spread Germs”, the other shouting “No forced vaccinations.”
Her own images also show her accusing the couple of being “cowards and traitors to the Irish people”.
The Garda then asks for his details, prompting Ms. O’Doherty to reply, “You won’t get my name and address,” before she turns to walk away.
She was later released on bail and is due to appear in Bray District Court on Sept. 21, a Garda spokeswoman said.
Controversial activist O’Doherty, former hacker John Waters, made headlines in May when he unsuccessfully challenged the government’s COVID shutdown during the height of the pandemic.
The serial protester has several banned social media platforms, such as Twitter and YouTube, following a series of posts and live videos, including one in which she entered a halal butcher shop in North Dublin to order pork.
O’Doherty and Waters face a huge legal bill after the Superior Court ruled that they must pay the costs of their failed bid to challenge Covid-19 laws in May.
In a June 4 ruling, Judge Charles Meenan said the couple must pay the legal costs of both the state defendants and the parties to the service – the Dáil, the Seanad and the Ceann Comhairle.
A Garda spokeswoman confirmed O’Doherty had been arrested, adding that investigations were ongoing.
She said: “Gardaí was alerted to an incident at the N11 elevated pedestrian bridge in Kilmacanogue as a result of a series of complaints received from members of the public this afternoon, Friday, August 28, 2020, shortly after 4pm.
“Gardaí attended the scene and arrested a woman (50 years old) under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. She is currently at Bray Garda station.”
Later last night, the spokeswoman confirmed that O’Doherty had been released.
She added: “The woman was released tonight on bond and is due to appear in Bray District Court on September 21.”
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