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The Road to Bloody Sunday

Mark McFadden recalls the birth of the civil rights movement and the creation of 'Free Derry', a no-go area keeping out police and soldiers.

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23:46 on 17 June 2010, jim wrote:

What planet is Simon Cummings living on? ...he must think he has a superior brain to a chief law lord and all his barristers!..not one word Mr Cummings says has any legal credibility..he says why were the people there if they did not know shootings were going on?..does he not realise that these 'people' were caught up and could not get away from a bunch of murderers who he supports...hope you are proud of your support for professional murders Simon!....come into the 21st century!

12:50 on 17 June 2010, Simon Cummings wrote:

everyone seems to forget that it was the Roman Catholics of Londonderry that was rioting and cuasing the trouble. The British Army were only following orders and were told to go in and take the trouble makers out. they think they have got justice but its far from it. If these 13 people that were killed were so innocent then why were they there when they knew that the shootings were going on. Also everyone has forgot that when the Army went in they got shot at first and thaey retaliated and shot back as any normal person would have. it was the Roman Catholic people of the bogside that requested the British Army to be brought in because they were so afraid of what the B specials would have done to sort the situation out when thay went into the bogside, if they would have went in the trouble makers would have been dealt with and the troubles in Northern Ireland never would have happened.

12:20 on 17 June 2010, mark wrote:

it is a total discrase that this has been going on for so long what about all the rest of the troubles it is never mentioned as it has been said the ira stoked up the fires for a bloody sunday in the lead up to it also there will never be peace in our country as the british goverment is now openly paying loyalist and republican paramilitarys to beat and torture there own communitys through there community grants do you think the people of this country see a benefit a message to the british and irish so called goverment saddle up and slide on parasites

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