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Catholics and the Royal Ulster Constabulary Thus there developed the fateful split between the Catholic community and the police. Faced with the distrust of a substantial proportion of the whole population the RUC had (as some senior officers appreciated) lost the capacity to control a major riot. Their difficulties naturally led them, when the emergency arose, to have recourse to methods such as baton charges, CS gas and gunfire, which were sure ultimately to stoke even higher the fires of resentment and hatred. Mr Justice Scarman on the violent events in Northern Ireland in 1969. |
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