"A Sunday in January 1972 marked one of the blackest days of the Troubles. On the penultimate day of the month, thousands of civil rights demonstrators took to the streets of Derry. The protest had been banned by the Stormont government and there was a heavy presence of soldiers and police officers. After skirmishes between local youths and the British army - soldiers moved in to make arrests. Shortly afterwards, members of the Parachute Regiment began to open fire."
"In 1972 the future president had unsettling impressions of the then law lecturer's reaction to the Derry massacre"
In 1972 a future president had unsettling impressions of a law lecturer's reaction to the Derry massacre. A Sunday in January 1972 marked one of the blackest days of the Troubles. On the penultimate day of the month thousands of civil rights demonstrators took to the streets of Derry. The protest had been banned by the Stormont government and there was a heavy presence of soldiers and police officers. After skirmishes between local youths and the British army, soldiers moved in to make arrests. Shortly afterwards members of the Parachute Regiment began to open fire.
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