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Gardaí is aware of the threats that were made at a recent rally against the officer who shot and killed George Nkencho and will seek to speak to the man who made the comments.
Furthermore, An Garda Síochána is “very concerned” by the “lies” widely circulated on the Internet by “fascists and racists” who falsely claim that the deceased, who had mental health problems, had more than 30 criminal convictions.
In fact, the 27-year-old had no criminal conviction.
“We are aware of social media and are closely monitoring it. We are concerned about the escalation of racial tensions,” said a well-placed security source.
“On the one hand, the garda who fired the shots was threatened. On the other hand, lies are circulating about the man who died claiming he was a criminal when he was not.
“Unfortunately, these lies went viral and a lot of sensible people in society think the dead man was a criminal when he wasn’t. All of these things fan the fire of racial tension.”
Nkencho was shot in the garden of his home in West Dublin at 12:35 pm last Wednesday and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Previously, Gardaí had attacked him twice with tase, as well as pepper spray, after he attacked a Eurospar manager and threatened him with a knife during a 30-minute confrontation during which he was repeatedly asked to drop the knife. that brandished.
The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is investigating the shooting on Manorfields Drive in Clonee, on the Dublin-Meath border.
Security sources say they are “aware” of a video of a man in an organized demonstration after the shooting threatening the Garda who used deadly force.
But the sources stressed that the situation is “delicate” and that “the Gardaí are aware that emotions are running high and that the relatives and friends of the deceased are of course very upset.”
GSOC will examine whether Gardaí has any criminal case to answer or whether it was a justifiable use of force in shooting at Nkencho. One of the two officers deployed from the Armed Support Unit to the scene of the events fired five shots.
The garda ombudsman will also examine whether officers followed the correct policies and procedures in the run-up to the fatal shooting.
Two well-located security sources told this newspaper that they believe that An Garda Síochána “acted appropriately” in the incident.
Since the tragedy, there have been protests outside the Blanchardstown Garda station and elsewhere.
Independent Sunday
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