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IRA men were shot in the back by SAS soldiers

HET findings published as Haass talks break up without agreement -into ‘Shot-to-Kill’ policy’s in the North of Ireland.

TWO IRA men were shot in the back by SAS soldiers in Co Tyrone 30 years ago, a report has found. The families of Colm McGirr (23) and Brian Campbell (19) on Monday 30th December said they planned to sue the British government and wanted fresh inquests into their deaths.

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The news came as US diplomat Richard Haass failed to make the party’s in the North of Ireland come to an agreement on dealing with the past, parades and flags. Among the issues holding up the progress have been mechanisms for giving evidence to Historical inquires by bodies taking over the functions of the PSNI‘s/RUC‘s Historical Enquires Team (HET) and the Police Ombudsman. The fresh report into the Co Tyrone killings was carried out by a forensic pathologist for the HET. It appears to contradict accounts given by the undercover soldiers who claimed the pair were shot dead while pointing weapons towards them. Mr McGirr and Mr Campbell, who were members of the Provisional IRA, were murdered by the SAS in a  field on Cloghog Road near Coalisland, Co Tyrone, on December 4 1983. A third man was injured but escaped. Their deaths fuelled claims of a ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy by the British government against IRA members.

Testimony from the soldiers had claimed that the men were removing weapons hidden in the field and on being challenged “Colm McGirr turned and pointed a shotgun towards one of the soldiers who then fired several shots at him”. Forensic pathologist Richard Shepherd reviewed the postmortem examination scene photographs and statements from four of the six soldiers prescent. He said he did “not believe Colm McGirr would have turned far enough to threaten soldiers” and “no shots had struck Brian Campbell from the front”. In his report, which the families have received, he concluded that because Mr McGirr was right handed, he did “not believe he would have turned far enough to threaten soldiers” if he was holding a weapon. “In my opinion therefore it is more likely that [Mr McGirr] received shots to his right side and back as he was facing into or towards the bush,” he said. The SAS also claimed one of the squad, known as Soldier A, then fired towards Brian Campbell who was holding an armalite rifle and had also turned and was facing them” However, Dr Shepherd concluded that “no shots had struck Brian Campbell form the front”. “I cannot exclude the possibility that the injury to the left upper back was inflicted as he lay on the ground,” he said, without ruling out the soldiers’ version of events in both cases. The IRA men’s families have now called for a fresh inquest into their deaths/murders. Solicitor Padraig O Muirigh, acting on behalf of the relatives said they would also take legal action against the British government.

“This report raises serious concerns in relation to the original soldiers’ statements,” he said. “In light of the disclosure of the Dr Shepherd’s report the families have made an application to the attorney general to direct a fresh inquest into the deaths/murders of Colm McGirr and Brian Campbell. “They will also be issuing civil proceedings against the minister of defence in relation to the unlawful actions of the soldiers.” Colm McGirr’s brother Brian (58), from Coalisland, claimed the British army discovered the arms cache three days earlier on December 1, but the weapons were not removed or disabeled. “We have no doubt that a carefully planned ambush was set by undercover British security forces that evening,” he said. “Through the 30 years that have passed we have sought the truth of what happened. We were led to bbelieve that the PSNI’s/RUC’s Historical Enquiries Team would make every effort to achieve the truth. “As part of this, a second pathologist has confirmed that the shootings could not have happened as described by security forces. Both men, Colm and Brian, were shot in cold blood in the back.” Mr McGirr said the families have been informed that the HSE investigation “is at an end and will proceed no further”. “We lived with a charade of an inquest in early years with no evidence of any sort offered as to what occurred. The McGirr and Campbell families will continue to demand that a new inquest is held to fully investigate all that occourred on that evening.” Reacting to the findings on Monday nnight, Dungannon Independent Republican councillor Barry Monteith said he was “not surprised” by the pathologist’s review and accused the British government of operating a ‘shot-to-kill policy in the North of Ireland. However, Dungannon DUP councillor Samuel Brush said he had no confidence in the HET. “There are dozens and dozens of murders around this area in South Tyrone that have not been looked at,” he said. “It baffles me that these things didn’t ccome to light then and can be turned up. “All we can do is work on reports as they come but is this report any better or any worse than the previous ones?”

With many thanks toto: The Irish News.

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Calling on MLAs to defend us against ‘work till you drop’ bill

Teachers in the North of Irerland are appalled by a ‘work till you drop’ culture and will fight plans to incrageease the pension age, writes Justin McCamphill

‘The NASUWT has been at the forefront of lobbying our MLAs to bring amendments to the bill in the interests of young and old, those in work and those unemployed.

Stormont isn’t working for Catholic, Protestant or dissenter

THE British government‘s dchancellor of the exchequergovernment’s, George Osborne, was full of self-congratulation when giving his autumn statement on December 5. The statement included new attacks on working people – in this case, attacks on the young, but encompassing everyone.

In particularly, the autumn statement also included attacks on the pensions of all working people. The state pension age was already due to increase to 68 in 2046, but the British coalation government has brought that forward by 10 years, meaning that people who are in their mid-forties now will not be able to take their state pension until they are 68. The Westminister Pensions Bill, which applies to the North of Ireland, also allows the British government to increase the pension age every five years if it wishes – and the British government has already announced that, if its plans stay on course, people in their thirties will have a pension age of 69 and people in their twenties will have one of 70.

My union, NASUWT, which is by far the largest teacher’s union in the North of Ireland, is appalled by the ‘work till you drop’ culture that is now the British government’s vision for the people of Britain and the North of Ireland. Increasing the pension age during a period of unemployment and the worst recession for decades is utter madness, as it reduces already scarce job vacancies as those in work are being forced to work for longer. The people of the North of Ireland have no control over the Westminster Pensions Bill, but they do have control over the Public Service Pensions Bill, which is due to begin the consideration stage in the assembly after CChristmas. The Public Service Pensions Bill equalises the normal pension age and the state pension age for the majority of public service workers in the North of Ireland, including teachers, health workers and civil servants. This means that young Northern Irish teachers can expect to have to work until they are 70 to receive their teacher’s pension – unless the bill is changed. The NASUWT has been at the forefront of lobbying our MLAs to bring amendments to the bill in the interests of the young and old, those in work and those who are unemployed. We call on our MLAs to stand up for all public service workers who dedicate their lives to serving the public. When assembly elections are next held we will be calling on our members to vote only for those MLAs who defend them.

With many thanks to: Justin McCamphill, NASUWT uunion’s NI junior vice president, writing for: The Irish News.

 

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Unionists protest at SF guard over shot Adams

Confidential files released

TODAY sees the release of previously confidential files from Stormonta and the NIO (Northern Ireland Office) covering the two years 1983 and 1984. This marks a change as Public Records Office be gains to phase towards a new ’20-year rule’. In total 1,047 files are released today of which 225 are subject to full closure while 366 are subject to ‘redaction’ or blacking-out. Those partially closed include files on the use of baton rounds, ‘political developments’ and ‘compensation to innocent victims’. Many are of these files are partially closed until 2067 (I wonder what they are hiding about the Shame Fein sellouts). Reporting on the Belfast files for the Irish News is Dr Damon Phoenix, a political historian and broadcaster and author of Northern Nationalism 1890-1940 (1994) and co-author of Conflicts in the North of Ireland 1900-2000 (Four Courts Press, 2010). Irish government files are released today under the ‘30-year rule.’ Reporting from Dublin is the Press Association‘s Ed Carty. The next lot of pages will be dedicated to these newly released files.

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ON March 14 1984 Gerry Adams, the new Shame Fein MP for West Belfast, and three companions were shot and wounded by the UFF while driving back from a court appearance in Belfast city centre. Mr Adams was rushed to the Royal Victoria Hospital for emergency surgery.

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Mr Adams stay in hospital was the subject of a series of complaints by the Ulster Unionist MP for South Belfast, Rev Martin Smyth alleging that Shame Fein leader was being ‘guarded’ by republicans at the RVH. In a note on file for the NIO uunder-secretary, John Patten on March 22 1984, R F Sterling, an official at the DHSS reported that Rev Smyth had phonened the minister’s office to complain about reports that Shame Fein members were gaurding the West Belfast MP and his colleagues. According to Sterling, Rev Smyth was “particularly indignant that these people were reported to be stopping and questioning members of the public within the hospital”.

Sterling explained to the minister that Adams and his companions had been housed in a secure ward and placed under the protection of armed police. All four, he noted, were material witnesses to an armed assault and “clearly their lives were at risk”. Questioned by Rev Smyth in the House of Commons on March 21, 1984 about the alleged ‘Shame Fein guard’ over Mr Adams, secretary of state Jim Prior insisted that the Shame Fein leader “was given medical attention under the protection of the RUC”. He also rejected a claim that British Intelligence had been aware of the murder bid on Mr Adams in advance. In a letter to Rev Smyth on March 22 1984 Mr Prior admitted that the hospital authorities believed that during Mr Adams ‘ stay at the RVH some members of Shame Fein might have been present but that they were confined to the public areas and “were not guarding” the Shame Fein leader.

With many thanks to: Dr Eamon Phoenix, The Irish News.

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LET’S JUST CONCRETE THE WHOLE LOT

MUPPETS MARTY AND PETE ARE SELLING OUT OUR GREEN BELTS

GET the gift wrap out, we’ve just been sold. They can dress it up anyway they like but handing Peter and Marty the North of Ireland as an Enterprise Zone should be sending a chill down our spines.

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The lads have decided that little things like planning laws, objections to decisions and the preservation of our countryside should no longer be in the hands of actual experienced planners. No, hand it over to the First and Deputy First ministers and let’s party. And if anyone wants the courts to look at a planning decision with a judicial rreview they’ve knackered that too. Objecters can only go to court on the grounds of their human rights or a breach of European law, if it’s a Wednesday and you’re an elephant standing on one leg. It’s hard to know if this is just two fingers to Environment Minister Alex Atwood or shameful shinners handing the North of Ireland to the DUP‘s developer pals on a plate.

After fighting a long and bloody war for Ireland the party is suspiciously keen to sell it to the highest bidder. MinisterAtwood hasn’t covered himself in glory after telling John Lewis to get lost at Sprucefield while welcoming the RU Kerry golf course next door to the Giant’s Causeway. But that’s nothing compared to what could happen if we let devolpers build where they like because the Pete and Marty show have decided it’s an ‘enterprize zone.’ Fracking in Fermanagh anyone? You provide the cash, we’ll provide the unspoiled green belt and the earthquakes. At least Minister Robinson’s back garden won’t be included. He’s already sold it and with Iris’s friends in the industry he can get plenty of advice close to home. The dirty deal between the parties exposed the schizophrenic nature of politics here. One minute it’s handbags at dawn over Gerry Kelly and his police Land-Rover stunt – do you know how hard it is to get a taxi in this town? – and the next minute they’re dancing round their handbags and putting up a big For Sale sign. So that’s two multi-story car parks on the top of Slieve Donard and an oil rig at Oxford Island. Well this is an enterprise zone.

With many thanks to : Roisin Gorman, Sunday World.

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LOYALISTS, REPUBLICANS AND POLICE SWAP PHONE NUMBERS.

Details exchanged at Cardiff talks.

DELEGATES including Sinn Fein‘s Gerry Kelly who took part in talks with police in Cardiff were given mobile phone numbers for some of the North of Ireland‘s top-ranking officers, it has emerged. The contact details – including those of two assistant chief constables – were shared so that issues a raising during the marching season could be dealt with swiftly.

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Police are investigating after Mr Kelly, pictured, a Sinn Fein member of the Policing Board, stood in front of a PSNI Land Rover following the Tour of the North parade in north Belfast last Friday. Mr Kelly has made a complaint to the police ombudsman after the police vehicle failed to stop and carried him on its bonnet. It also emerged that the police Land Rover’s tax disk was out of date. The disk was filmed by protesters at Friday’s Tour of the North loyalist march in north Belfast. It had an expiration date of December 31 2012. “All police vehicles are automatically retaxed as and when required,” a PSNI spokeman said. “On this occasion the vehicle was taxed. However, due to an administrative error the tax disc had not been displayed.” Sinn Fein culture minister Caral Ni Chuilin was also injured during the episode which followed the arrest of a nationalist teenager.

The controversy has called into question the ‘Cardiff principles’ in which loyalists and republicans agreed support for policing in May. The PSNI footed a £26,000 bill for the talks in Wales, which while not dealing directly with controversial parades did involve lengthy discussions to establish protocols to deal with issues of contention during the marching season. In a statement issued after two days of negotiations, the delegates agreed to keep lines of communication open, “especially during periods of tension”. Details of the agreements were not revealed, but it is understood mobile phone numbers of senior republicans, loyalists and police officers were shared for use when problems arose. The talks were attended by Assistant Chief Constables George Hamilton and Will Kerr, tipped as a successor to Chief Constable Matt Baggot. SDLP policing spokesman Conall McDevitt said on Tuesday that people must adhere to what was agreed which included “showing respect for both the police and the ombudsman’s office”. “During the discussions we talked about the fact that the principles would be tested and indeed they were tested at the first major event of the parading season,” he said. “What people must do is adhere to the two key Cardiff principles and avoid tit for tat politicking.”

With many thanks to : Allision Morris, Andrea McKernon, The Irish News.

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GIRL (4) INJURED AS PETROL BOMB EXPLODES BESIDE HER !

 Loyalists lob device over peace wall as Cameron tells the world the North of Ireland is a changed place.

AS DAVID Cameron told the world on Tuesday that the North of Ireland was a transformed place, lloyalists almost set fire to a four-year-old child in East Belfast. A lit device lobbed over a sectarian interface exploded where the little girl was playing with her friend.

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The child sustained minor burns in the blast on Bryson Street just before 4pm. The attack came as the British prime minister told an international press conference that the world had seen a new North of Ireland “that is bringing down the peace walls which have separated its people for so long”. A day earlier at the Waterfrount Hall – just a mile away from the attack – US president Barack Obama declared that other divgrateful ncieties the North is the “blueprint to follow” and “they are watching to see what you do next”. James Callaghan’s (pictured above) grandaughter was playing with the girl  who was injured in the petrol-bomb attack outside his house. He ran out to drag the two girls inside. On Tuesday night he said : “We’ve been very, very lucky.” Sinn Fein councillor Niall O Donnghaile said one of the gils was treated at the scene for minor burn injuires. “People round east Belfast, no matter what side they’re on, do not deserve another few months of this,” he said. “They deserve some peace.” On Tuesday night loyalist and nationalist groups gathered in the interface area in the latest of a number of confrontations. The G8 leaders ended their two-day conference at Lough Erne on Tuesday. Despite the massive security operation fears of violence proved unfounded with just two arrested.

 One suffers burns after device thrown over peace wall.

On Tuesday night the scorch damage could be clearly seen within a yard of where children were standing on Bryson Street. The bomb was thrown over the Short Strand/Cluan Place peace wall in east Belfast into the built-up nationalist area at around 3.55pm on Tuesday. James Callaghan described how he ran out from his house to drag his hysterical grandaughter Tierna Benson and her friend Brooke inside. “I heard two glass bottles breaking outside and then I heard something else that I knew wasn’t a bottle and saw a flash and ran outside,” he said. “The girls were standing by the grate. I just grabbed the two girls and pulled them inside. The wee girl Brooke was crying hysterically. They were both in a bad way. “They were so upset I couldn’t even see if either of them had been hurt. “We’re just gratful nothing happened to them. We’ve been very, very lucky.” Sinn Fein councillor Niall O Donnghaile said Brooke, who had been visting her grandparents on the street, suffered minor burn injuries. “Police officers gave her first aid at the scene,” he said. Police said on Tusday night tensions are high in the area – often a ‘bellwether interface’ for marching season violence. “Tensions in the area are high following an incident that took place on Sunday June 16 where a petrol bomb was thrown from the Short Strand into Cluan Place,” a police spokesman said. “A 15-year-old male was subsequently arrested for arson. “Police have also received reports of stones being thrown between different areas.” “A number of young people gathered at the interface on Tuesday night and police would ask parents to ensure that they know the whereabouts of their children to ensure that they do not get drawn into any violence or antisocal behaviour at interfaces.” CCTV was being checked on Tuesday night to try and try and identify the person who threw the dangerous device.

Mr Callaghan, who has lived beside the peacewall for 13 years, said there have been crowds “gathering” in nearby loyalist Montpottinger. “It only really happened in the summer months. It’s just ‘eejits’ and animals that’s doing it.” He said his grandaughter is now too frightened to play in the back garden and immediately wanted to go back to her own home. “She’s really shaken up. She’s going to have nightmares. Both the girls are always good. We tell them to stay on the side of the street because of the cars but now they’re to scared to be outside at all.” Mr O Donnghaile said people in the area have suffered enough during the recent “three months of problems around flags,” he said.

With many thanks to : Bimpe Archer, Irish News.

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NORTH’S ‘FAILURE’ TO DEAL WITH THE PAST RAISED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL !

AMNESTY IInternational has raised concerns over failures to deal with the past in the North of Ireland in its annual report on Human Rights.

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The organisation highlighted problems including ongoing violence and threats by republican and loyalist paramilitary groups. It also raised concerns over a “ccontinuing failure” of the British government to establish an “independent thorough and effective inquiry” into the 1989 killing of solicitor Pat Finucane. But the human rights body welcomed reforms being Carried out by the Police Ombudsman Michael Magurie, to improve hhistorical investigations into police misconduct. It also noted the executive’s establishment of an institutional child abuse inquiry. Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International‘s Northern Ireland programme director, said it was clear the north “continues to struggle with the legacy of its recent past”. The British government, he said, had failed to put in place “adequate mechanisms to deal comprehensively with many killings over many killings over many years of violence”. “The year ahead provides new opportunities to not only reform and improve existing mechanisms – and we welcome some steps already being taken in that direction – but also to think anew about how an overall process to deal with the past can be agreed, so that Northern Ireland’s past does not also become its further,” he said. The report highlighted problems in the Republic over prison conditions for young offenders, violence against women and girls and a lack of clarity on abortion laws. Amnesty International said until abortion was allowed in cases of rape and incest, risk to a women’s health, or cases of fatal foetal abnormality, the Republic would be out of line with international humabn rights standards.

With many thanks to : Brendan Hughes, Irish News.

“But no mention on the Human Rights abuses by the PSNI, or the ongoing injustice’s still happening in 2013 in the North of Ireland and with the likes of the continued imprisonment of Martin Corey and Marian Price amoungst others – Seachranaidhe Irishandproud.

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70,000 FAMILIES WITHOUT ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR BASICS

 Research highlights ‘difficult sacrifices‘ people are making !

MORE than 70,000 people in the North of Ireland – that’s one in 20 – don’t have enough money each week to cover basic essentials such as mortgage/rent, food and electricity/heating. Three quarters of households (525,000) also say they  have switched off their heatibenefits  me point to save fuel, while the number of families saving on a regular basis is next to nothing.

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The shocking figures, contained in the latest Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) Northern Ireland Household Income Tracker, underline the region’s further plunge into poverty authors say they are particularly concerned about the introduction next year of the Universal Credit system in the North of Ireland, claiming households in the North are “unprepared and in the dark” on how it will impact them. Universal Credit was introduced this month in selected areas in Britain, replacing six types of benefits with a simpler, single monthly payment if a person is out of work or on a low income. It is part of the British government‘s declared commitment to ensure people are always better of in work than on benifits, and will be rolled out in the North of Ireland from April 2014. “Our research highlights the everyday struggles people in the North of Ireland are faced with in managing their households and the difficult sacrifices that they have had to make,” ILCU director Rosemary O’Doherty says. “Reports of the impact of Universal Credit in other parts of the UK are of great concern, because there seems to be a lack of awareness and understanding by those who stand to be most affected by its introduction. “Significant changes, such as the transition from a fortnightly to a monthly payment, and the merging of all payments into one single lump sum, could have a huge negative impact to those families already struggling to manage their finances.”

“Its authors say they are particularly concerned about the introduction next year of the Universal Credit system in the North of Ireland, claiming households in the North are ‘unprepared and in the dark’ on how it will impact them”.

The ILCU’s latest study said 47 per cent of people in the North of Ireland are unaware of the planned changes to the benefits system. It said more than half of households receiving benifits at present have little or nothing left at the end of each month after paying essential bills, and found that 71,500 people can’t even meet the most basic of weekly household commitments. The report revealed that almost 659,000 people had to sacrifice other household spending to cover costs of heating, while half the region is at present in fuel poverty and 63,000 households reported spending more than half of their income heating their home. Among the other findings in the ILCU tracker, 816,000 adults indicated that they, or someone within their household, were receiving some type of benifit, jobseeker’s allowance, tax credits or income support. And almost half in receipt of benifits were unaware of the planned changes to the system, which sees one monthly payment for the household. Separate indices published in recent weeks by both government and the private sector in the North of Ireland have revealed that living standards and wages in the North are well below the average in Britain. For example, UK medium household income is £419 a week before housing costs and £359 after housing costs, compared with £379 and £338 on the equivalent measures in the North of Ireland. Just last week a study from Asda showed that spending power continues to diminish in the North, with families now £7 a week wrose off than this time last year after having paid taxes and bought essential items such as groceries, electricity, gas, fuel and met mortgage or rent payments.

With many thanks to : Gary McDonald (Business Editor), Irish News.

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RUC stop and search; The mobile app that the Occupied six counties of Ireland is crying out for!

With tens of thousands vindictive and targeted stops and searches carried out in the British occupied six counties of Ireland on Innocent Nationalists and Republicans, New Yorkers have came out fighting such racial/cultural bigotry with a mobile phone app which documents such cases. 

Last year close to 700,000 people were questioned on the city’s streets. The vast majority were black or Latino and nine out of ten had committed no crime. This year the department is on pace to shatter that record.

Last month a USA federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit accusing the police of unconstitutional, racial profiling through stop and frisk.

Civil liberties campaigners have unveiled a mobile phone app that will allow users to document police stops in New York and immediately submit them for review.

The New York Civil Liberties Union released the app following months of growing criticism surrounding the NYPD’s practice of stopping and frisking hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers each year.

NYCLU leaders said the app, which is available on Android with an iPhone version out later this summer, would help the organization document the growing number of controversial police stops.

Last month a federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit accusing the police of unconstitutional, racial profiling through stop and frisk.

The app is composed of three features: record, listen and watch. Recorded clips will be sent directly to the NYCLU, and users will be offered a brief survey allowing them to fill in the details of what they witnessed. The listen feature messages users when the app is activated by others and reports where the police stop is happening. The report feature allows users to detail police interactions they witnessed or experienced but were unable to film. The app also includes a “know your rights” element, intended to educate users.

“Today’s release of the Stop and Frisk Watch adds another critical dimension to our quest for fair and just policing for all New Yorkers,” said NYCLU executive director, Donna Lieberman at a press conference Wednesday.

Lieberman was joined by New York City council members Jumaane Williams, Leticia James and Melissa Mark-Viverito, as well as NAACP president Ben Jealous, National Action Network vice-president Michael Hardy and George Gresham, president of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.

The app was developed by Jason Van Anden, who last year was responsible for the I’m Getting Arrested app, intended to help Occupy Wall Street protesters who found themselves being taken in by the police.

Van Anden – who has witnessed stop and frisks in his neighbourhood–described his latest project as a “labour of love” that began in November.

Critics of stop-and-frisk say the practice has resulted in a two-tier a system of justice that favour white New Yorkers and disproportionately harms people of colour.

A story published in the New York Post on Wednesday, before the press conference suggested the app could present a danger to users if the subject of a police stop reached in their pockets to pull out their phone. Lieberman stressed that the app is explicitly intended for witnesses of police stops, not subjects.

My brother Gary became the latest victim of selective internment this week

 My brother Gary became the latest victim of selective internment this week. He was arrested after a family funeral on Thursday and is now being held in the MagHaberry Gaol hell hole on charges dating back to 1986. Gary dedicated most of his life to the republican cause. He spent many years (Sentences totaling 20 years)rotting in various gaols for being a republican activist and for taking part in… the resistance against the occupation of Ireland. There are those who will say things have changed in the North of Ireland. There are those who will say we have moved on in the North of Ireland. Well, my response to them is this… We haven’t really moved on and things haven’t really changed. Tonight, my brother, along with many of our brothers and sisters rots in a British gaol. Who will be next??

POSTED ON BEHALF OF :  Pol Mac Adaim

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