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Here in Belfast, flags, painted sidewalks and political murals still mark territory claimed by each side in the decades-long dispute between predominantly Protestant unionists, who support the region's union with Britain, and mostly Catholic nationalists, who favor unification with the independent Republic of Ireland to the south.
Like Belfast, the PSNI has managed to shed its sectarian colors only in stages. For decades the Royal Ulster Constabulary, as the PSNI was known until 2001, was seen as pro-unionist. A police report in January revealed that officers colluded with Protestant paramilitaries throughout the 1990s, ignoring murders carried...
One drizzly afternoon, Constable Neill Simpson makes his rounds in an armored Land Rover through North Belfast, one of the few districts where it's still too dangerous for routine foot patrols. His first visit is to Jim Potts, a unionist community official. A tall green "peace fence" winds between...
Despite the best cross-community relations in decades and increasing political cooperation, it's still hard to get officers to talk about their own place in this long-divided land. When off duty, says Fitzpatrick, "I don't tell people I work for the police. I tell them I'm...
CONTEXT Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams, leaders of Northern Ireland's most hard-line Protestant and Roman Catholic parties, sat side by side for the first time ever and agreed to forge a joint platform for government.