Murdered PSNI officer's widow '˜shocked' at his name on bonfire
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The names of PSNI officers Stephen Carroll, Ronan Kerr and prison officers David Black appeared on the pyre in the Bogside last night.
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Hide AdKate Carroll, widow of Officer Carroll, told the BBC: “I am absolutely shocked and disappointed that in Derry, a city that hosted the City of Culture so eloquently, could allow their people to take such a backward step into the past.
“I try not to let it upset me anymore because it is a lost emotion and there are always going to be people in this country who still believe in the ‘cause’ and the ‘divide and conquer’ mindset.
As I say I try not to get stuck in a futile past. Most people in this country would prefer to live and let live and move on from the past.”