Northern Ireland commemorates 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday - Al Jazeera English

[Rhiannon12866]

Fifty years since one of the worst massacres in Britain, residents in Londonderry, also known as Derry, have marked the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when British troops opened fire on civil rights protesters and gave way to decades of chaos in Northern Ireland.

On January 30, 1972, a British elite parachute regiment shot 14 Catholic marchers dead on the streets of Northern Ireland’s second-largest city.

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I rode through Belfast back then, sat in front with the taxi driver

I asked him how he managed and he said he knew where the trouble spots were and avoided them. But these were peaceful protesters and were shot for just showing up, many of them young people.

[SheltieLover]

3. Tragic!

Poor people!

[multigraincracker]

4. This....

[bluecollar2]

5. I remember living in London during the early days

1970 - 1974.

America is on the way to ending up like the UK of that era.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. That was my first thought, too.

[bluecollar2]

7. We're not nearly as prepared

To deal with urban/domestic terrorism.

Infrastructure is too vulnerable, population too diverse, access.to explosive materials and weapons relatively easy.

Add to the mix all of the Afghan/Iraq war veterans trained in tactics...

[Rhiannon12866]

8. You're absolutely right - and we keep hearing that our former military is getting involved...

[bluecollar2]

9. Terrorist sympathisers permeate our forces

And law enforcement agencies...

[Rhiannon12866]

10. And also the anti-government organizations ("Proud Boys", etc.)

[bluecollar2]

11. Yep

[Roy Rolling]

12. This 2

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