Today saw the landmark publication of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry report as discussed on here last week. In the end, the report officially denounced the killings as “unjustified and unjustifiable” and vindicated all victims from any questions of attacks on soldiers. The soldiers opened fire on unarmed civilians with no provocation. They were under the [...]
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Bloody Sunday Inquiry
Big news today out of Northern Ireland. I would think that most people would have heard of the Bloody Sunday massacre by now but, let me summarise briefly. Protestors convened for a civil rights march on 30 January 1972 and were diverted away from their intended route by army barricades. Thirteen unarmed protestors were shot [...]