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30/11/2016
UUP MLA 'Disgusted' Over 'Irish Republican Badge' Being Sold On Ebay
A Policing Board member has said he is "disgusted" at a badge being sold on ebay which depicts a PSNI officer with crosshairs aimed at his back.
Ulster Unionist MLA Ross Hussey confirmed he has reported it to ebay and has also contacted the Glasgow police.
Mr Hussey said: "It is disgusting that someone thinks it is in any way appropriate to design and try to sell such an item through ebay, which is described as an 'Irish Republican pin badge IRA/INLA'. Given the numbers of police who in real life were shot in the back by republican terrorists over the years in Northern Ireland, the badge amounts to an incitement to kill.
"I am hopeful this will be taken further by Police Scotland because I believe that whoever is behind this may have committed several offences associated with hate crime and the promotion of terrorism."
(CD)
Ulster Unionist MLA Ross Hussey confirmed he has reported it to ebay and has also contacted the Glasgow police.
Mr Hussey said: "It is disgusting that someone thinks it is in any way appropriate to design and try to sell such an item through ebay, which is described as an 'Irish Republican pin badge IRA/INLA'. Given the numbers of police who in real life were shot in the back by republican terrorists over the years in Northern Ireland, the badge amounts to an incitement to kill.
"I am hopeful this will be taken further by Police Scotland because I believe that whoever is behind this may have committed several offences associated with hate crime and the promotion of terrorism."
(CD)
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