RUC/PSNI seriously assault 32CSM member.

derry | crime and justice | press release

Sunday November 18, 2007 15:25

by Kevin Murphy - 32 County Sovereignty Movement

sovereign_nation at hotmail dot com

The RUC/PSNI have carried out a brutal unprovoked attack on a member of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Derry City a matter of hours after telling him that they would shoot him.

The RUC/PSNI have carried out a brutal unprovoked attack on a member of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Derry City a matter of hours after telling him that they would shoot him.
Gary Donnelly was attacked by several members of the colonial police when walking down Foyle street in the city on Friday night (16th). He was surrounded by the crown forces and thrown on the ground where he sustained a broken arm, despite the fact that his arm was obviously broken they continued to manhandle him and put him in hand cuffs. At this point Donnelly was arrested for assault and disorderly behaviour and thrown into the back of a land rover sustaining a further two fractures to his arm.

When in the Strand Road barracks, and obviously in great pain, Mr Donnelly was denied medical attention and an approach was made by someone flashing an identity card. When asked to identify himself this character refused but Mr Donnelly was able to see that his card stated the word ‘Forensics’ on it, at this point the member of the crown forces was asked to ‘Go Away’.

When Mr Donnelly’s solicitor arrived he was finally released and taken to Altnagelvin Hospital where he was immediately put on a Morphine drip.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement view the behaviour of the RUC/PSNI as alarming but also as consistent with their treatment of republicans for decades. We also view with alarm the revelations that Gary Donnelly had been given a death threat by the RUC/PSNI shortly before the assault and that an unidentified forensic officer attempted to make contact with him in a custody suite.

Given the RUC/PSNI’s recent history of involvement in murdering republicans and fabricating and planting evidence on republicans, the 32CSM urge all its members and indeed all members of the republican family to be extremely wary and vigilant in the time ahead.