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PSNI Riot Squad Remove the Right to Protest!

category antrim | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Saturday June 27, 2009 20:56author by éirígí PRO - éirígí Report this post to the editors

Members of the PSNI riot squad, backed by armoured jeeps and dogs, today blocked éirígí protesters from even reaching protest assembly point in Belfast city centre.
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The unchanged nature of policing in the Six Counties was again exposed today when the PSNI riot squad blocked Belfast's Castle Street for close to an hour. Those looking on could have been forgiven for thinking that some form of major public order incident was unfolding, as dozens of masked and heavily armoured paramilitaries decamped from their armoured jeeps, only to start pushing and shoving people back up the street.

So what was it that triggered such a show of force? Rioting protesters? Marauding football hooligans? Drunken yobs?

No. Today the PSNI riot squad, complete with attack dogs, was deployed to stop people attending a peaceful picket outside of City Hall.

While draconian British legislation grants the PSNI the power to prevent what they deem to be 'illegal processions' those stopped today were not marching or part of any procession. Instead they were walking on the footpath to the assembly point of the picket - which had been called in opposition to the raising of Britain's so-called 'Armed Forces Flag' on City Hall.

So as a flag celebrating one arm of Britain’s occupation forces was raised over Belfast, another wing of those same occupation forces were busy suppressing any sign of opposition.

From the events today it is clear that Belfast city centre remains a cold house for republicans.

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   More Photos     éirígí PRO    Sat Jun 27, 2009 21:06 
   More Photos     éirígí PRO    Sat Jun 27, 2009 21:18 
   Video from UTV     Kev    Sat Jun 27, 2009 21:24 
   Posters     Le Chéile Saor    Sat Jun 27, 2009 23:16 
   Well Done Eirigi     siochain    Sun Jun 28, 2009 07:58 
   British Justice??     Paul o toole    Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:40 
   Who cares about nationalism anymore?     Socialist    Sun Jun 28, 2009 13:55 
   fair play     lulu    Sun Jun 28, 2009 13:56 
   Nationalism??     nobo    Sun Jun 28, 2009 14:41 
 10   Political Policing in a Political State     Celia S    Sun Jun 28, 2009 15:01 
 11   post script - Socialist     Celia S    Sun Jun 28, 2009 15:06 
 12   nationalism, etc.,     lulu    Sun Jun 28, 2009 19:04 
 13   Socialist-I doubt you are.     I was there    Mon Jun 29, 2009 01:25 
 14   Praise be cannon fodder     paul o toole    Mon Jun 29, 2009 15:00 
 15   socialist mi hole     francis hughes    Mon Jun 29, 2009 20:02 
 16   Video of protest and riot squad     Video    Wed Jul 01, 2009 16:29 
 17   Poster & Video     éirígí    Wed Jul 01, 2009 21:18 
 18   Sectarian Statelet     Cael Dubh    Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:39 
 19   Is it hypocrisy     Hypocrite spotter    Thu Jul 02, 2009 15:44 
 20   Hypocritical?     Celia S    Thu Jul 02, 2009 17:20 


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