I REALI ‘STOP AND SEARCH’
Notevole discrepanza tra i dati resi noti dal PSNI e quelli forniti dalle ‘vittime’ repubblicane
Martin O’Neill, membro del 32 County Sovereignty Movement, ha rigettato le stime del comandante dell’area del Foyle, Chris Yates, secondo le quali solo 1 o 2 individui sono stati fermati e perquisiti per non più di 6 – 8 volte nell’arco degli ultimi 3 mesi.
Il rapporto è stato presentato a seguito di una richiesta scritta presentata in occasione dell’incontro del District Policing Partnership.
Lo stesso O’Neill ha detto di essere stato fermato e perquisito per ben 24 volte nell’arco di 2 mesi e mezzo, esibendo regolare documentazione rilasciata dal PSNI all’atto dei controlli. Molti altri i repubblicani che si trovano nella medesima situazione.
“La maggior parte delle volte sono stato fermato quando quando stavo lavorando come tassista, a volte mentre avevo clienti sull’auto, e non sono mai stato arrestato una volta e la polizia non ha nemmeno mai trovato nulla.”
Il prominente repubblicano ha sfidato il DPP a dare una spiegazione delle discrepanze delle informazioni fornite dal PSNI.
“Il DPP dice di voler fornire attendibilità, ma dov’è l’attendibilità in cifre che non sono esatte?”
Republican rejects stop and search figures (Derry Journal)
A hardline republican from Derry has dismissed claims made by the city’s top police officer about the number of times people have been stopped and searched by the PSNI.
Martin O’Neill, a member of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement, has rejected Foyle area commander Chris Yates’ claim that “one or two” individuals had been stopped “between 6-8 times over a three month period.”
The area commander’s information was provided in an answer to a written question to a recent District Policing Partnership meeting.
Mr O’Neill says he personally has been stopped 24 times in the last three months. He says he knows other republicans who are in a similar position.
He showed the ‘Journal’ documents given to him by the PSNI each time he has been searched.
Mr O’Neill said he was surprised when he read chief inspector Yates’ comments.
“Either Chris Yates has got it wrong or he does not know what his officers are doing. I have been stopped 24 times in just over two and a half months. Most of the times I was stopped when I was working as a taxi driver, sometimes when I had a fare in the car, and I was not arrested once and the police never found anything,” he said.
He also challenged members of Derry’s DPP to explain the apparent discrepancy in Chris Yates’ claims.
“Is this the accountability that Sinn Féin and their community worker proxies tell us about? The DPP say they can deliver accountability but where is the accountability in figures that are not accurate,” he asked.
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