The report found that while Harris did not order the police to remove protesters from the park, his approach "narrowed the scope" of the response to the situation:

These blockades were maintained until October 2006, when hundreds of Gardaí used force to remove protesters blockading the sites.

Even a contractor hired to remove tree-sitting protesters received a visit.

About an hour later, police in riot gear began removing protesters from the park, arresting some 200 people in the process, including a number of journalists.

The reason why they tolerated it could be that they'd rather not even more terrible publicity right now by forcibly removing protesters in front of cameras.

The vote was followed by a brief scuffle as security officers removed protesters trying to unfurl a banner in the chamber.

Officers removed several protesters from the structure and arrested them, then started breaking down the structure.

On November 7, 2008, police began removing protesters from the scene and taking them to separate locations around the city.

Most recently, police actions taken when trying to remove protesters of the Occupy movements have come under fire for use of excessive force.

(Police had removed anti-Berlusconi protesters, telling them that they could stand at a different entrance.)