British Police arrest republican and harass children
British Police arrested a member of the IRPWA who was taking part in a weekly collection for political prisoners outside a local Credit Union in Derry’s Bogside today. He was arrested for a so-called ‘illegal collection’.
Two members of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement then travelled to the Creggan to alert his family that their relative had been arrested. There were two children travelling in the car, one these children’s uncle is a serving member of the PSNI, this child was accompanied by his father in the vehicle.
After alerting the family of the arrested man, the car in which the 32csm members and children were travelling in was passed by several units of the Tactical Support Group a special heavily armed unit of the British Police. Therefore British Police knew in advance that children were present in the vehicle. Members of the 32csm then continued to travel out of the Creggan towards Southway were they were met with sirens and flashing lights. The 32csm members refused to stop until they reached Rathkeel Way were they were less isolated. This resulted in a short car chase.
When stopped the British Police approached the car with machine guns and the children were removed by their parents. Local woman approached from a near by local shop to removed the terrified children from the scene, taking them to the safety of the shop and comforted them. The men were then searched under Section 44, spread eagled against a car. As this happen other family members arrived on the scene to collect the children.
A complete and utter disgrace, now bear in mind that the TSG are not accountable to DPP. So much for change in British policing in Ireland.
A statement will follow in local press.
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