RUC talking through their hat
During last week's Roslea Martyrs commemoration march the RUC
took personal details from nationalist marchers which they then
claimed were lost when, during a scuffle with loyalists, the
information ``fell out of an officer's hat''.
The RUC have since visited the homes of several people in the
Fermanagh area who were on last Sunday's march and informed them
that their lives could be in danger as the information had gone
missing.
When challenged about the missing details by Sinn Fein councillor
Gerry McHugh the RUC told a Sunday newspaper that the details
``fell out of an officer's hat'' and are most certainly in the
hands of loyalists.
Sinn Féin Six County Chairperson Gerry O hEara described the RUC
excuse as ``pathetic and unbelievable'' and said, ``it is almost
laughable but for the fact that many nationalists in the past
have been killed due to information passed on by the RUC.'' He
called for the complete disbandment of ``this discredited force.''
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