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Originally Posted by Flacker
RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) still exists and are the national police of Northern Ireland. Their dislike of Catholics probably stems from having their cars, and police stations shot at, or blown-up, for a couple of generations. Thankfully, most of that violence is behind them.
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That's incorrect, they were replaced by the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland).
The RUC was a giant mess, and being a Republican and encountering a RUC officer was much like being black and coming across the LAPD. Well, probably a lot worse than that. There was lots of evidence suggesting the RUC may have aided the UDF and UFF/UDA (terrorists).
The PSNI was formed to attempt to provide a non-partisan police force, with affirmative action to ensure it had enough Catholic/Republican officers, although still protestant dominated, and still subject to a lot of criticism from Catholics/Republicans.
That place is largely a mess, although much, much better than it used to be.