DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said he trusts police will investigate after footage showing an altercation in an east Belfast car park circulated online.<\/p>\n
The footage features two individuals in GAA jerseys in an exchange with a third individual, who appears to be holding the camera.<\/p>\n
It is understood the incident occurred in the Connswater area of east Belfast and that one individual is a former member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR).<\/p>\n
\n“We are aware of footage circulating on social media\u201d \u2013 PSNI spokesperson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Mr Robinson said he trusted the PSNI would be investigating the incident.<\/p>\n
“Nobody should face harassment or threats simply out doing shopping in their own community,\u201d he said in a social media post<\/p>\n
“But much less those who have stood in defence of the freedoms that allow our society to go about our daily lives without the threat of terrorism that was very much more present in years gone by.<\/p>\n
“For our part the DUP have and will always be on the side of our veterans, and indeed for our active servicemen and women. <\/p>\n
“We thank them for all that that do and have done to keep us safe and in defence of King and country.<\/p>\n
“My East Belfast DUP colleagues have notified the police of footage of the incident and I trust they will investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n
The PSNI said they had not yet recieved any reports in relation to the incident, but confirmed they were aware of the footage.<\/p>\n
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A screengrab from the footage posted online<\/p>\n
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“While we have not received any reports, we are aware of footage circulating on social media and are conducting enquiries into this,\u201d said a spokesperson. <\/p>\n
“We would encourage the public to report any incidents by ringing us on 101, or online at www.psni.police.uk\/makeareport<\/a>. Always call 999 in an emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The footage shows an exchange featuring two men in GAA jerseys A screengrab from the footage posted online…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[29366,1998,1300,1144,1610,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-344757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-east-belfast-news","9":"tag-gavin-robinson","10":"tag-liam-tunney","11":"tag-northern-ireland","12":"tag-police-service-of-northern-ireland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115029038083387117","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}