Posted on 05/19/2026 2:53:36 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Intense sadness and anger were the dominant emotions at a vigil on Tuesday in memory of Yves Sakila (35) who died after being restrained by security guards in Dublin city centre on Friday afternoon.
The Congolese man, who had lived in Ireland since 2004, had been homeless for several years.
He had been in prison a number of times and last lived in a Salvation Army hostel in Dublin 1.
Staff at the charity’s Granby Centre, where he lived for two years, spoke to him on Friday morning before he left.
“That was the last time they saw him,” said a spokesman.
Staff described him as a “pleasant and quiet” resident who had a “deep interest in technology and sometimes attended prayer services”.
Sakila was allegedly involved in a shoplifting incident on Henry Street before attempting to flee around 5pm on Friday.
He was held on the ground outside Arnotts department store by a number of men, in an incident that was filmed and shared on messaging apps over the weekend.
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Where is Roland when you need him?
For days and nights they battled
The Bantu to their knees
They killed to earn their living
And to help out the Congolese
[Chorus]
Roland the Thompson gunner
Roland the Thompson gunner
35 and living on the streets for years.
Dublin Irelandistan and Glasgow Scotlandistan look like African s holes thanks to the native hating feminazi governments.
Africa is a s hole because Africans are s hole people. Doesn’t matter where the move to.
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