RUC offensive
AN RUC charm offensive in South Belfast was thrown
sharply into contrast by an attack on a 16 year old
youth last Saturday.
The young man was beaten about the head and face with a
torch at 10.30pm on the Eastbridge Road by a patrol led
by an RUC man known locally as Yorkshire Bill.
Meanwhile Sinn Féin Councillor for the area Sean Hayes
has been inundated with complaints from parents
disgusted at an invitation from St Michael's Primary
School on the Ravenhill Road to the RUC band.
He said: ``People from these communities have suffered
for years at the hands of this paramilitary force and
want to protect their children rather than have them
exposed.''
``The brutality of the RUC on Saturday is in stark
contrast to the veneer of respectability adopted during
their unwanted visit to the school,'' he said.
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