Ógra Shinn Fein demand an end to RUC/PSNI Harassment!

[Ógra B]

Fifteen months after their arrest, two Ógra Shinn Féin activists John McDermot from Strabane and Daniel Turnbull from Omagh have appeared in court charged with obstruction, disorderly behaviour and resisting arrest.
At the time of their arrest in September 2004 Sinn Féin in Omagh accused the PSNI of heavy handed tactics after a number of protestors were beaten with batons and the two arrested at a peaceful protest against a British Army PR exercise at the Silver Birches Hotel.
Both men were released after two hours following a protest in which 100 people blocked the main entrance to Omagh PSNI Barracks.
Turnbull and McDermott appeared at Omagh Court House on Thursday 5 January. In order to coincide with the appearance, Ógra Shinn Fein held a solidarity protest which also aimed to highlight ongoing political harassment by the PSNI. Omagh Town Councillor Martin McColgan, Sean Begley and Barry McElduff MLA attended the protest.
Ógra Six-County Organiser Barry McColgan said: "The ongoing harassment and intimidation of Ógra activists and young nationalists and republicans across the North and especially here in Tyrone is totally unacceptable. I would call on all the main political parties and right thinking people to condemn this ongoing campaign of politically motivated harassment. We demand an end to this political policing."
The verdict on the trial of the two Ógra activists will be announced on Wednesday 18 January.

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[morryah]

Fifteen months after their arrest, two Ógra Shinn Féin activists John McDermot from Strabane and Daniel Turnbull from Omagh have appeared in court charged with obstruction, disorderly behaviour and resisting arrest.

FYI "Turnbull" sounds like a ringer. I'd check him out.

[morryah]

Ay carumba! I checked it out for yiz

[true04]

Fifteen months after their arrest, two Ógra Shinn Féin activists John McDermot from Strabane and Daniel Turnbull from Omagh have appeared in court charged with obstruction, disorderly behaviour and resisting arrest.

FYI "Turnbull" sounds like a ringer. I'd check him out.

What exactly do YOU mean by ringer?

And what is the other side of the story ? PSNI and everyone else in the world would like to see an end to Ógra Shinn Fein harassment ??

[morryah]

Fifteen months after their arrest, two Ógra Shinn Féin activists John McDermot from Strabane and Daniel Turnbull from Omagh have appeared in court charged with obstruction, disorderly behaviour and resisting arrest.

FYI "Turnbull" sounds like a ringer. I'd check him out.

What exactly do YOU mean by ringer?

Ringer has pejorative meanings dating from the late 1800s. The basic sense is 'an impostor or deceptive substitute unfairly entered into a contest or competition'. It can refer to a superior horse entered in a race to substitute for a slower horse, usually under an alias and with its appearance altered to resemble the inferior horse. Or a ringer could be an inferior horse substituted for a superior one that has been sold.
Also in sports, a ringer is a professional athlete deceptively substituted for an amateur.
In gambling games, a ringer is a marked or specially ordered deck of cards, a loaded or otherwise modified pair of dice, a dishonest dealer, or an expert card player posing as a novice. A counterfeit gem or coin can be called a ringer.
Other related meanings include: 'an outsider; uninvited guest; intruder'.

[true04]

I thought that, just wanted to see what interpretation you put on it.


Are you questioning his loyalties to the "republican movement " solely because of his surname ?
Do you think it is ok to suggest a real life person may even be a spy ?

[morryah]

I question your sense of humour. How about that?

[true04]

You are good at questioning. Do you think it is funny to question someones loyalties to the "republican movement " solely because of his surname ?
Do you think it is funny to suggest a real life person may even be a spy, because of the above ?

[duff]

Harrasment... These kids dont know the half of it.

[mjcoughlan]

I never understood why republicans take exception to the use of the term "Sinn Fein/IRA" on the basis that such a grouping of individuals doesn't exist, yet they deem it appropraite to refer to the PSNI as RUC/PSNI. Why is that?