Nationalist crisis of confidence in policing after memorial arrest row – O’Neill

Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill said a controversial police operation which saw a Troubles survivor arrested at a memorial event has created a nationalist crisis of confidence in policing (Liam McBurney/PA)

A controversial police operation which saw a Troubles survivor arrested at a memorial event has created a nationalist crisis of confidence in policing, Michelle O’Neill has said.

Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Simon Byrne has apologised for the scenes that unfolded at the site of a loyalist massacre when officers intervened at an anniversary ceremony amid suspicions that the public gathering breached coronavirus regulations.