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Thread #52446   Message #805383
Posted By: Jimmy C
17-Oct-02 - 11:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: Northern Ireland Mess
Subject: RE: BS: Northern Ireland Mess
Ireland - I forgot about this part.

"The marches you refer to had catholic and protestants leaving that fact out gives more strength to your misleading argument why do that? Not being precise here are you."


if you read my post correcetly you will notice that I said students , (not catholic students - just students). My point was how the police responded that day. They attacked with batons, all captured on camera. Also you failed to mention that there were gangs of loyalists waiting in ambush for the marchers also, and the police did nothing to disperse them. These types of things have been happening for years and still happen today. Example, last May while home in North Belfast, I was coming along the Limestone road, after a nice pint in a pub on the corner of Antrim Road and Limestone road. I was the only person around, all of a sudden a gang of about thirty youth came out from the Tiger Bay area , all throwing bottles, stones etc into the catholic Newington area. In a short time catholics were out and the 2 parties faced off, shouting abuse and throwing stones. The police came and formed a line between them but they all faced the cathoics, with batons drawn and with anti-riot gas at the ready. They did not have to use it, but the point is they faced the catholics who did not start the trouble, in the meantime the loyalist continued to throw missiles over the heads of the police and not one policeman turned around to face them. I could not believe it, I was there and witnessed this myself. It is happening every night there is any trouble, I know catholics are the instigators at times, but the police by their action demonstrate time and time again that many of their members are not impartial.
Implement the GFA in FULL and then Sinn Fein will have nothing to complain about, any objections by unionists to the full implementation will only prove that many of them are against it come what may.