Hardline republicans slam parade policing
Hardline republicans have criticised the PSNI for carrying out stop and search operations during Saturday's Apprentice Boys parade.
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement (32CSM) staged an event in the Bogside at the same time as the march passed through the city centre. Several hundred people attended the anti-internment protest.
The parade organisers rejected criticism of their decision to stage the protest at the same time as the parade.
Before the protest, several leading members of the 32CSM were stopped and searched by police in a local bar and a number of other members were searched in the city centre, including one man who was searched twice in the space of ten minutes in the Diamond area.
Speaking at the protest, Martin O'Neill, from the 32CSM, condemned the police operation but said he hoped the day would pass off peacefully.
"We hold a protest here one Saturday in every month about what we see as the ongoing internment of republicans. As far as we are concerned, anyone who checks will find that we have been here regularly protesting.
"Apart from what Donncha MacNiallias and Sinn Fin have to say, anyone on the ground can see that what is happening is just the latest in a long line of harassment from the RUC/PSNI. Taxi men have been stopped, other motorists have been stopped and several members of the 32 CSM were searched in a local bar while getting a bite to eat," he said.
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