Archive for 'Police Service of Northern Ireland'
Belfast Telegraph article about David McIlwaine’s uncle being forced to identify him
This is heartbreaking:
Police ‘forced’ man to identify mutilated body of murdered nephew, court told
Police effectively forced the uncle of a teenage murder victim to identify the badly mutilated body against his will, the High Court has heard.
Alan Steele also claimed officers did not care because they wrongly believed his dead nephew, David McIlwaine, was a [...]
Posted: February 4th, 2010 under British government, David McIlwaine, Irish peace process, Police Service of Northern Ireland, UVF, accountability, belfast, collusion, culture of impunity, impunity, ireland, justice, loyalist paramilitaries, policing, torture, truth, truth and reconciliation, truth recovery process.
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“blinded by science”: human rights vs. technology
Just read an article in Max’s New Scientist (September 20-26, 2008) that he brought my attention to due to its mention of the Patten Commission and policing in the north of Ireland. The article is called “Shoot but not to kill” and is by psychology and human behaviour journalist Michael Bond.
Bond’s article is a brief [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2008 under Hugh Orde, Patten Commission, Police Service of Northern Ireland, RUC, belfast, human rights, ireland, max, plastic bullets, police brutality, policing, relatives for justice, shoot to kill policy, tasers, truth.
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On the PSNI and the Boston police
Earlier this week, I sent a letter to Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis to express my dismay upon hearing that his office sought advice from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) regarding crowd control. This August 28 article in the Boston Globe states that the PSNI, well-versed in the art of crowd control from [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, David Woodman, Hugh Orde, IAUC, Irish America, Irish peace process, Patten Commission, Police Service of Northern Ireland, RUC, belfast, collusion, human rights, ireland, police brutality, policing, relatives for justice, shoot to kill policy, truth.
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