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Sinn Féin Policing Spokesperson, South Belfast MLA Alex Maskey has called for the full publication of the Stalker Report and the immediate publication for all other enquiries relating the policy of shoot-to-kill after the Police Ombudsman confirmed that she had been asked to re-open files on the killing of Gervaise McKerr, Sean Burns and Eugene Toman in North Armagh 1982 in by the RUC.
Mr Maskey said 'The hard facts about the killing of Gervaise McKerr, Sean Burns and Eugene Toman in North Armagh 1982 are clear. There was a policy of shoot-to-kill operated by the RUC in this area.
The families not just in this case but the relatives of others killed as a result of the shot-to-kill policy, including 17-year-old Michael Tighe, deserve the truth.
The European Court demanded a proper investigation into the circumstances of these killings and other state murders.
Europe has already laid the finger of blame at the door of number 10. Now we need to see the full publication of the Stalker Report and the immediate publication for all other enquiries relating the policy of shoot-to-kill.'
Sinn Féin today announced that it would be nominating Assembly members Alex Maskey, Martina Anderson and Daithí McKay to the Policing Board once the Board is reconstituted after the political institutions are re-established on May 8th.
Maskey is someone that republicans can be confident to represent them but who loyalists know will be fair. He was chosen by Sinn Féin, as a key ally of Gerry Adams, to lead the party's entry into electoral politics, winning a by-election in 1983 for a seat on Belfast City Council from the Upper Falls area.
Maskey is best known as the first ever republican to serve as Lord Mayor of Belfast and despite twenty years of struggling against intimidation by the unionist community was widely seen as having reached out to them as Lord Mayor. Sinn Fein's willingness to take its places on the Policing Board, despite ongoing inquiries by the Police Ombudsman into state collusion in murders of republicans, represents their ongoing commitment to offer concessions to push forward the Good Friday Agreement.Speaking today in Stormont Mr Maskey said:"For many years a core Sinn Féin objective has been the creation of an accountable and representative policing service. This is a key area of work for Sinn Féin. The Policing Board is charged with holding the PSNI to account. Our presence on the Board will be the guarantee that this happens."
Sinn Féin Policing Spokesperson, South Belfast MLA Alex Maskey has called for the full publication of the Stalker Report and the immediate publication for all other enquiries relating the policy of shoot-to-kill after the Police Ombudsman confirmed that she had been asked to re-open files on the killing of Gervaise McKerr, Sean Burns and Eugene Toman in North Armagh 1982 in by the RUC.
