tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post7442770861207530186..comments2024-03-28T04:50:14.406+00:00Comments on TPQ: A Climate of FearAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3789504602717967542017-10-09T12:27:08.459+01:002017-10-09T12:27:08.459+01:00That was certainly not what I was saying.
I was p...That was certainly not what I was saying.<br /><br />I was pointing out that Newman saw that his enemies were both IRA volunteers and English citizens. Therefore he felt that there was no difference between policing an Irish nationalist area and an area with a heavy black population because they were all potential criminals in Newman's eyes.Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-62690671768708797862017-10-06T13:44:34.179+01:002017-10-06T13:44:34.179+01:00"Drawing on his experience in the RUC, Newman..."Drawing on his experience in the RUC, Newman effectively believed that policing areas with a heavy black population (most of them youngsters born in England) was the same as policing an Irish nationalist area.<br /><br />Leaving aside the obvious cultural and political differences, the fact that a Chief Constable honestly believed that English citizens and IRA volunteers were not dissimilarChristy Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529990561635818286noreply@blogger.com