Ballymena Riots Not Linked to Loyalist Paramilitaries, Senior Police Officer Says

Ballymena riots not linked to loyalist paramilitaries, senior police officer says

Police said intelligence does not presently suggest paramilitaries are coordinating the disorder, noting how social media can ‘ferment hatred’

The banality of paramilitaries as the dumb and dangerous riot in Ballymena.

In Northern Ireland I believe we are normalising and becoming worryingly desensitised to the insidious and persistent existence of paramilitaries on our streets, in our communities and in our cities. The political theorist Hannah Ardent wrote about the banality of evil and how horrific acts were neither radical nor charged with meaning and were often done to control people and many of the acts associated were banal and presented as such. This te…

PSNI say ‘it is not clear’ if paramilitaries are coordinating Ballymena rioting

The PSNI has said it is “not clear” if paramilitaries are coordinating rioting in Ballymena.