The recent news item 'Faro GNR to prosecute woman for Facebook complaint' naturally has provoked some spirited 'readers comments' so David Thomas from Safe Communities Algarve contacted the man in charge to find out the GNR's point of view.
He writes:
"Safe Communities Algarve have raised this case with the GNR at a senior level which has explained that the only reason why the woman is being prosecuted, is for "defamation" by making a false accusation of corruption, which is a serious crime.
Under Portuguese law making such false accusations against a person or an organisation is illegal.
Clearly her language is the issue here.
They added that the fact that she is complaining on Facebook is NOT the reason she is being prosecuted nor does it matter that she took
photos of the GNR car. If she had complained but had not made the corruption allegation, I have been assured no action would have been
taken.
The GNR receive negative comments and complaints from people on their Facebook page and these are not removed. But there are limits beyond which if you make unproven serious accusations in public then the person concerned will have to bear the consequences.
Unfortunately it is often the case in Facebook that people write without thinking through the consequences, or in the heat of the moment, which may well have been the case here."
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Further readers comments are welcome.
For the original story click this link
http://www.algarvedailynews.com/news/5977-faro-gnr-to-prosecute-woman-for-complaining-on-facebook
Comments
Then they can arrest and prosecute few million of us!
Lets see them do it!!!
Im going make my statement right here!
The so called, "GNR" in PORTUGAL is a racist, and corrupt out of control state terror organisation!
They are nothing less than "GANGSTERS" thousands of people in portugal have been assaulted and injured by this jackboot rag tag bunch of gnr thugs!
They are constantly involved in the roadside robbery of car drivers under the pre text of road safety!
The gnr are is an armed Violent tool being used by the state organs of portugal to abuse, ridicule, and terrorise any and all citizens into silence, Under threat of violence, arrest, and death, they are also involved with local councils in the confiscation of peoples property by the use of ficticious malicious fines that have been fabricated by portuguese camaras to rob people of their properties and homes!
Start your facebook pages today!
Or continue to live in fear of the gnr thugs!
To hell with the gnr!!!!!
The case is between the woman and the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) as a state body.
Ed
Is it? Or is it an allegation against the two agents involved? Or against all individuals working as GNR?
There's a significant difference, although it doesn't justify over the top legal action.
Some figures, there were combined over 1000 complaints made by victims against these portugal gnr thugs for assault, gbh. and murder.
In the legacy state controlled matrix media you only grt to hear about 0.001% of these violent crimes committed against people in portugal by the gnr!
And its going to get worse until people start to fight back!
Organised massive demos, internet campaigns, and foreign media to OUT these brownshirt thugs and get them disbanded, shut down.
The allegation of corruption is against the GNR as a body and there are plenty of examples of it being corrupt.
We've read stories of people being prosecuted by lawyers after accusing them of corruption, and now this; It's an attack on free speech, and a warning to everyone and anyone who would stand up to authority in even the most mild way.