LETTER: Derek Chauvin was a political sacrifice to the woke left
When the administration of law enforcement and justice becomes subservient to ideology and political manipulation it is lost
29 April 2021 - 15:31
Retired soldiers A and C, aged in their 70s, went on trial this week in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the shooting of Joe McCann in 1972. McCann was the official Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader in the Markets area of the city.
The spot in Joy Street where he was shot was pointed out to me as a student in 1976 by the British army unit that took me out with them on patrol. “Be careful in this alley,” one squaddie whispered. “It’s a sniper’s dream when the moon is right.”..
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