@clairehanna.bsky.social : "Last week, in a very high profile case, the murder of Natalie McNally, the judge.. talked about a frenzied knife attack, he talked about wounds so bad the cause of death was unable to to be determined. There were no riots over the perpetrator of that brutal crime"
Some well-known paramilitary figures were seen on the streets during the unrest, but sources say they mainly stayed back and watched as dozens of largely young men, masked and with hoods up, went door to door smashing windows and burning homes.' [4/4]
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Obfuscation by the Chief Constable and Department of Justice injects language of 'reasonable doubt'. This is not accidental.
'Jon Boutcher said it is “too early” to say whether or not the disorder that raged across Northern Ireland was being orchestrated by crime gangs or paramilitary groups. [3/n]
... 'being responsible for' or 'being behind', same refusal to name or prosecute. Same outcomes.
Under Section 56 of the UK's Terrorism Act 2000, a person commits a severe offense if they direct the activities of an organization involved in acts of terrorism at any level. [2/n]
Saul Staniforth
Jon Boutcher and the state assumes societal amnesia from August 2024 and Ballymena 2025. Same pattern, same denial, same standing down of police or 'do not intervene' notices, in the face of extreme loyalist paramilitarism, same obfuscation around language of 'co-ordinating'... [1/n]
