The Police Service was established in 2002 to insure that law enforcement was evenhanded. Enrollment of Catholics has doubled in less than 10 years, but at 17 percent it is still far too low.
The chief roadblock to acceptance by Catholics is Sinn Fein's refusal to join either the Policing Board, which oversees the overall force, or the 26 district partnerships, which deal with local issues. The Sinn Fein boycott maintains the vigilante authority of the IRA within predominantly Catholic communities. The IRA would not have been able to launch a coverup of Robert McCartney's murder in Belfast without this malevolent power.
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Sinn Fein is supposedly ready to join as part of a broader agreement, but acceptance of the Police Service should not have to wait on other issues. The Massachusetts congressmen at the meeting, Richard E. Neal, Martin T. Meehan, Michael E. Capuano, and perhaps William D. Delahunt, should tell Adams to end the vigilante-abetting boycott immediately.
Gerry may be snubbed by Bush, Kennedy, and King, but he still has good friends in Massachusetts[and the NYPD]. The Globe's proposal is going nowhere.
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