Wednesday, April 11, 2007
No go areas or events?
Sinn Fein Councillor Peter Anderson has questioned a police presence at an unnotified parade by dissident republicans. A gang of youths attacked police with bricks and petrol bombs. He said:
The question has to be asked, however, what were the police doing at a republican commemoration in a republican area.
Fair Deal @ 02:40 PM
Despite what Gerry has said, it sounds like they don’t want a police officer about the place. No change there then! Let the PSNI police unionist areas because if the PSNI goes in to Republican areas it’s just provocation isn’t it?
I hink IJP hits the nail on the head…
“Again an exposé of a view held by far too many in Sinn Féin.
Posted by on Apr 11, 2007 @ 10:12 PMWhat is the difference between an illegal parade and an unnotified parade? And can you have an illegal parade on private property, since a march from the gates to the republican plot will only involve walking within the city cemetery, which is owned by Derry City Council?
As for claims that the PSNI were only passing, any knowledge of Creggan will show they were definitely going out of their way in passing.
And I’m sure I heard Peter Anderson condemn completely the actions of those young hoods who attacked the PSNI.
It might annoy people that SF haven’t become cheerleaders for the PSNI, but then why should they? Its not as if the PSNI are all saints who wouldn’t be above a bit of mixing now and again, Sean Hoey’s frame up for instance.
Posted by on Apr 12, 2007 @ 08:50 AMI know who Bemused is as well - he’s Laurie Sanchez !
Posted by on Apr 12, 2007 @ 10:37 AMBemused
“Certainly FD, but it surely gives police a clear basis for attending? “
Agreed. My apologies for the lack of clarity, I did not intend my comment to imply the police had no basis for being there. I was simply trying to tidy up the terminology around the parade.
Posted by on Apr 12, 2007 @ 10:44 AMIf PSNI were less violent and sectarian,maybe we could accept the police...I only hope policemen weren’t there to harass those guys.I surely blame who attacked PSNI agents.But I’d like to know if policemen had provoked demonstraters.
Peter Anderson,thanks!Posted by on Apr 12, 2007 @ 11:10 AMhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6547857.stm
hmmm… not as much interest in this is there?
Probably not worth blogging at all
Posted by on Apr 12, 2007 @ 12:52 PM“The question has to be asked, however, what were the police doing at a republican commemoration in a republican area.”
Do fishermen not go to the sea to catch fish? Do police not go to Republican dissident marches to arrest terrorists?
Posted by on Apr 12, 2007 @ 08:15 PMDora
To be fair, without wishing to over-generalize, I do think there is a rural/urban distinction when it comes to policing/justice issues (and not just within SF).
The exposé is specifically of the fundamental SF belief that they get to govern “republican areas” alone while also having power-sharing for the rest of the country. Sorry, it doesn’t work like that.
Also, some SF supporters have accused me of not recognizing the issue of conflicting rights. Of course, this is an example of people accusing others of the things they are guilty of themselves.
The very reason we have a process with a Parades Commission is to deal with these conflicting rights. So why is SF opposing that process?
The laws of NI apply equally everywhere to everyone. It’s simple in theory, but actually quite tough in practice.
Posted by on Apr 13, 2007 @ 01:55 AMDiluted Orange,
Have you got something that afford you to judge dissidents in this manner?Posted by on Apr 13, 2007 @ 10:50 AM
