Over 200 people packed into the Royal Dublin Hotel on Dublin’s O’Connell Street in early December for a public meeting on the topic ‘Democracy and Policing: How accountable are the Gardaí* to the Irish people?’ The meeting was addressed by: Larry Wheelock whose brother Terence died in suspicious circumstances in Store Street Garda Station in Dublin over two years ago (see Something rotten in Store Street in Workers Solidarity 99). John Monaghan from Rossport in Mayo whose community has been under constant Garda siege as a result of their resistance to Shell’s attempts to force an unsafe pipeline and refinery on them (a story which has been well documented in Workers Solidarity). John Maloney from Crumlin, Dublin whose son John died in suspicious circumstances after his arrest by Gardaí from Rathfarnham Garda Station in Dublin The meeting heard speaker after speaker from the floor recount their stories of Garda brutality and unaccountability. In giving people the forum in which to begin to address these questions the meeting served a very useful purpose. As part of DCTV’s “The Document” we bring that meeting and its pivotal questions around Garda treatment of particular communities into your home for some sharp relief.