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chester force, tan to Manchester Universitv Moreover, c/o criminal associates acainst him THE MURKY affair of deputy Chief Constable John Stalker is uncovering more and more unpleasant facts about both the operation of the RUC's shoot-to-kill policy in the North of Ireland, and the criminal connecTo re-cap: Stalker was the top cop put on to investigating the killings of a number of unarmed people by the RUC in 1982. The trial of three RUC men in relation to four such killings had ended in their acquittal, but not before the Dublin government had intervened because the Judge appeared to be condoning their action, and the coroner conrerularities in RC files that he felt unable to conThe need for a full inquiry was one of the chief concerns of the Dublin government in the run-up John Stalker was taken off the inquiry five days before he was due to go to Belfast to collect important new evidence concerning the RUC killing of 17 year old Micheal Tighe. The evidence was a tape of recordings from an MIS listening device Belfast chief constable had refused to release it. unti directed to hv the Belfast Directol of Public Prosecutions: Stalker himself had apparently come under considerable pressure in Britain not to pursue the issue of the tape-recording. His suspension from duty came close on the heels of his decision to ignore this pressure and get hold However, while Stalker was pursuing at least part of the truth in the North of Ireland, he has not shown himself so vigorous in respect of the operations of the police force in Manchester. The Manunder James Anderton, is busy covering up the brutal beatings and intimidation of a number of Manchester students following the violent dispersal of a picket of a visit by Leon Britif it is proved that Stalker had the basis of the charge • then it will reflect on more than Stalker as an individual. He can't be the only cop wnose Dusiness mends Rave aougy connections