“South Down communities must unite against criminal gangs”
Rory Moore of the South Down 32CSM has urged communities in rural areas to unite against criminal gangs that have been terrorising the area recently. Speaking after a criminal gang attacked residents in Mayobridge and Glenn, Mr Moore appealed to the community not be drawn into accepting the PSNI/RUC but to form their own means of dealing with such gangs “ Vulnerable people in our areas must be protected against these criminal gangs and it is up to the whole community to do so. It is clear that many of these gangs are well known to the police who rather than making any attempt to prevent them have actually used such incidents to call for support. Not only do we have calls from the PSNI/RUC for support but we also have the sickening spectacle of constitutional nationalism fully endorsing these calls even though they too are aware that many of these criminals are acting with impunity. There is no question of republicans supporting the British police in Ireland and we would urge local activists to study our proposals as outlined in our documents ‘No Other Law’ and ‘The Necessity for Policing and The Necessity for Constitutional Change’. The community in the area must find some method of defending those at risk that does not involve support for police and politicians who are using such attacks in such a blatantly opportunistic and political fashion. Until a police force is set up that respects the democratic wishes of the majority of people in Ireland for self determination or an interim policing arrangement is constituted that is not controlled by the British then it is necessary for everyone, republican or otherwise to come together to explore alternative structures. It is not enough to tell people that the police are not doing their job then ask us to support them anyway”
Friday 18 April 2008
Big Brother is Watching in South Down
Big Brother is watching in South Down
Following the erection of a number of CCTV cameras in Newry, Warrenpoint and Kilkeel the South Down 32 County Sovereignty Movement has warned political activists in the area to be extremely vigilant and has rejected claims by supporters of the project that it is not intended to spy on individuals.
Spokesperson for the South Down committee, Rory Moore told The Sovereign Nation that “A number of people have contacted us already voicing their concerns about these new cameras which we view as simply an extension of British state security and a normalisation of their influence here. It has been claimed that these cameras are managed by the Newry and Mourne district council but are to be manned from the Brownlow RUC/PSNI barracks in Lurgan, not only that but the views of residents living near the cameras were not only ignored but in most instances were not sought in the first place. As we know only too well there is not separation of civic and political policing in the six counties and that all policing is political while a country is under occupation. We are convinced that these surveillance cameras will be used to spy on political activists as much as they are used to identify youths fighting on a Saturday night. There is now both overt and covert surveillance in South Down with these new CCTV cameras supposed to be the acceptable face of the British security apparatus. They are not acceptable to the people of South Down nor anywhere else in Ireland, they are just cheaper to run than those covert cameras such as the one uncovered in Kilcoo recently” Mr Moore concluded by reiterating his warning to political activists to be vigilant “ It is vital that political activists remain aware that they are being watched and do not allow the apparent normality of such surveillance equipment to fool them”
Following the erection of a number of CCTV cameras in Newry, Warrenpoint and Kilkeel the South Down 32 County Sovereignty Movement has warned political activists in the area to be extremely vigilant and has rejected claims by supporters of the project that it is not intended to spy on individuals.
Spokesperson for the South Down committee, Rory Moore told The Sovereign Nation that “A number of people have contacted us already voicing their concerns about these new cameras which we view as simply an extension of British state security and a normalisation of their influence here. It has been claimed that these cameras are managed by the Newry and Mourne district council but are to be manned from the Brownlow RUC/PSNI barracks in Lurgan, not only that but the views of residents living near the cameras were not only ignored but in most instances were not sought in the first place. As we know only too well there is not separation of civic and political policing in the six counties and that all policing is political while a country is under occupation. We are convinced that these surveillance cameras will be used to spy on political activists as much as they are used to identify youths fighting on a Saturday night. There is now both overt and covert surveillance in South Down with these new CCTV cameras supposed to be the acceptable face of the British security apparatus. They are not acceptable to the people of South Down nor anywhere else in Ireland, they are just cheaper to run than those covert cameras such as the one uncovered in Kilcoo recently” Mr Moore concluded by reiterating his warning to political activists to be vigilant “ It is vital that political activists remain aware that they are being watched and do not allow the apparent normality of such surveillance equipment to fool them”
Wednesday 16 April 2008
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