Read today a 75 year old former British soldier will be tried for the shooting of an unarmed man in 1974. The victim, who was developmentally disabled, panicked at the sight of an army patrol and ran, and refused to heed orders to stop. On one hand shooting an unarmed civilian in the back who was running in the opposite direction would seem to merit criminal charges, if you consider 1974 in the north, it was plausible that the man was running as the patrol was about to walk into an IRA ambush.
But beyond all that, the man is 75 years old, and his crime, if it was one,happened over forty years ago. even as a republican, I say let it go....
Last edited by tom8517; 09-18-2017 at 10:25 PM.
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