Bloody Sunday, also known as the Bogside Massacre, was a massacre of Irish anti-internment protesters by the British government that took place on this day in 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland.

Bloody Sunday resulted in the highest number of people killed in a shooting incident during the Troubles and remains the worst mass shooting in Northern Irish history. This violence was in response to a protest organized by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) in opposition to a state policy of internment without trial, introduced in August of 1971.

On January 18th, 1972, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Brian Faulkner banned all parades and marches in response to widespread civil unrest. The protest march was organized despite this order.

On the day of the protest, approximately 10,000-15,000 joined the march, however their path was blocked by British Army barriers. The protest descended into chaos, with British soldiers chasing down protesters and attacking them indiscriminately. 26 people were shot, 14 were killed. Many of the victims were shot while fleeing from the soldiers or attending to the wounded, while others were injured by shrapnel, rubber bullets, batons, or being ran down by army vehicles.

The soldiers were from the 1st Battalion Parachute Army, which had perpetrated the Ballymurphy Massacre just months prior. The events of Bloody Sunday greatly increased hostilities between Northern Ireland and the British government. Support for and recruitment by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) rose following the massacre.

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    10 months ago

    all the quote tweets I saw were just complaining about people wearing headphones or how its actually cool and good to blast phone apps on the bus.

    thanks for these updates, a fun reminder why I never ever ever go on twitter

    But also like whaaaat how. I try not to be a noise nazi cause I feel like that’s a white people thing (in a bad way), and being a narc about it and reporting them to the driver or a cop or something is definitely super antisocial, but just blasting shit loud with no regard is also antisocial. Most people I run into on the bus without headphones just play stuff loud enough for themselves to hear it clearly, and while it can still be annoying to hear in the background, I just deal cause like whatever I don’t know their life, and it’s not that annoying. I guess if it was really loud I’d just ask someone to turn it down, but its never been a big issue for me.