:00:32. > :00:39.Turmoil on the streets of Londonderry. A battle that is
:00:39. > :00:49.creating a new threat to the police. And a trail of victims whose lives
:00:49. > :00:51.
:00:51. > :01:01.have been shattered. He fell to the floor. I couldn't feel my legs.
:01:01. > :01:07.brutal impact of vigilantes today. We challenge the gunmen themselves.
:01:08. > :01:17.They tell spoth spot They have to understand this, is terrible.
:01:18. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:28.What's going on in Derry at the moment is absolutely disgrace.
:01:28. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :02:07.Parts of this city are in the grip of fear. For four years, Derry's
:02:07. > :02:16.estates are plagued by a vigilante group, in February, this year, they
:02:16. > :02:22.claimed their first murder Vic dim. Andrew Allen was a 20-year-old
:02:22. > :02:27.father of two from the Waterside area. He was on the radar of
:02:27. > :02:33.republic and vigilantes for some time. Then one night in February,
:02:33. > :02:40.this year, Andrew's enemies tracked him down to bun drana, where he was
:02:40. > :02:43.living with his girlfriend Arlene. Arlene has never spoken publicly
:02:43. > :02:48.before what happened that evening. We were lying in the bed, he was
:02:48. > :02:53.playing the PlayStation, next hear I heard Big Bangs, I didn't know
:02:53. > :03:00.what it was. The Big Bangs again, when I got out, I looked out the
:03:00. > :03:05.window and there's this fellas, kicking and kicking at the door,
:03:05. > :03:11.but I seen the gun. I said to Andi, there's a fella at the door with a
:03:11. > :03:16.gun. He jumped out of bed, I was over beside the bedroom door, and
:03:16. > :03:22.he shouted out to me to phone the guards. I had to run back to my
:03:22. > :03:30.locker to get the phone, just as I was running back to the bedroom
:03:30. > :03:40.door, the fella was kicking at the door. The next thing I looked over
:03:40. > :03:59.
:03:59. > :04:04.and I heard a smash and shots being And a... He fell to the floor. He
:04:04. > :04:14.shouted at me "Arlene I can't feel my legs". I phoned the guards, and
:04:14. > :04:20.there was blood he was where. So, he slid eever beside me. I phoned
:04:20. > :04:26.the guards. I was shouting for help. I was trying to hold his head out
:04:26. > :04:34.because the blood was coming out. I tried and tried, I couldn't get him
:04:34. > :04:40.over on his back. Arlene ran to get help from a neighbour. They came
:04:41. > :04:46.over running with me And the man helped me get a hand on his back. I
:04:46. > :04:51.started giving him CPR. But I knew, because I had to pull
:04:51. > :05:01.the blood out of his mouth and away from his nose. I tried for as long
:05:01. > :05:06.
:05:06. > :05:11.Minutes later, Andrew's mother, Donna had learnt what had happened.
:05:11. > :05:16.I was sitting watching television and I got a phone call from my
:05:16. > :05:21.sister to say that Andrew had been shot and within minutes she rang me
:05:21. > :05:28.back to say they can't get a pulse, that Andrew's dead. I was here, and
:05:28. > :05:33.I just fell to the ground. weeks later the killers reveal
:05:33. > :05:40.themselves. RAAD said they had killed Andrew because he was a drug
:05:40. > :05:45.dealer. Andrew was no big time drug dealer, Andrew never had a penny,
:05:45. > :05:49.he was always borrowing money off people. Donna says Andrew was an
:05:49. > :05:57.innocent victim. Taken from his family in cold blood. REPORTER: Can
:05:57. > :06:01.you explain what it is like to have that taken away from your family?
:06:01. > :06:08.Devastation. Complete devastation. So it is.
:06:08. > :06:11.Like I've lost a son, and they've lost a brother and my two
:06:11. > :06:17.grandchildren, they've lost their father now, they have to go the
:06:17. > :06:23.rest of their life now without their father. When you hear your
:06:23. > :06:28.grandson saying, he's six, to say that, he misses his daddy, and why
:06:28. > :06:34.did these bad men do this. I have no answer for that, because I don't
:06:34. > :06:40.know why. Andrew's family say they know who killed them. Everybody
:06:40. > :06:45.knows who done it, the guards know who has done it, the PSNI knows who
:06:45. > :06:51.done it. But four months later, the killers have still not been caught.
:06:51. > :06:56.I don't know how they sleep at night. They have no conscience, and
:06:56. > :07:00.the people... They've wives, you know what I mean like, and they've
:07:01. > :07:05.mothers as well. They've got to understand, that this, this is
:07:05. > :07:10.terrible, what's going on in Derry at the moment is absolutely a
:07:10. > :07:18.disgrey. Since their formation, four years ago, RAAD have carried
:07:18. > :07:24.out dozens of shootings and beatings, but Andrew Allen was the
:07:24. > :07:29.first murder, it brought crowds on to the city, calling on RAAD to
:07:29. > :07:33.stop. But RAAD responded with defiance. Within a month the group
:07:34. > :07:37.unleashed a new form of ruthlessness, forcing parents to
:07:37. > :07:43.participate of the shooting of their own parents. I'm still
:07:43. > :07:48.stressed over it, and probably will be for the rest of my life. Ciaran
:07:48. > :07:53.McFadden says his son and nephew Sean were among a group who got
:07:54. > :07:58.into a fight with a well known RAAD member. A few days later, RAAD
:07:58. > :08:04.presented Ciaran and his family with an appalling dilemma. I got
:08:04. > :08:12.the message to be sent to my conto Creggan to get shot. And between
:08:12. > :08:18.that, Sean was sent word through a third party, that if he didn't
:08:18. > :08:23.present himself, that he would be shot. Ciaran is a former member of
:08:23. > :08:28.the provisional member of the IRA and a well known figure. But for
:08:28. > :08:34.him and his family, it seemed the only option was to meet the demand.
:08:34. > :08:41.If.I said come and get him, they would have put a pipe bomb under my
:08:41. > :08:46.car, or under my wife, killed my wife, me, my Sean or anybody
:08:47. > :08:51.visiting. Word spread throughout the Creggan,
:08:51. > :08:56.that RAAD were ordering parents to bring their parents to be shot.
:08:56. > :09:00.That evening, people in the city again rallied in an effort to stop
:09:00. > :09:05.the shootings. We are here for dissency and justice and peace. We
:09:05. > :09:11.want to say no to RAAD. This expression of public anger, didn't
:09:11. > :09:16.stop RAAD. We were sitting, a knock came to the door, about 10.30pm,
:09:17. > :09:23.last man, take your son to the back of the garden square. The back of
:09:23. > :09:27.my head, maybe they're going to scare him. I really thought this.
:09:27. > :09:34.So I said do you really want to do this. He said let get it over and
:09:35. > :09:40.done with. At 11pm, Ciaran brought his son a back street area in
:09:40. > :09:48.Derry's Bogside. His cousin Sean was already there. Ciaran agreed to
:09:48. > :09:55.show us what happened next. This is where Ciaran was sat and cousin
:09:55. > :10:00.Sean. I was here for 15-20 minutes, I saw a guy stick his head. I
:10:00. > :10:05.walked down, and I said guys, get this over and done with. They ran
:10:05. > :10:11.past me, Ciaran was standing here, against the rail ilgs, Sean was
:10:11. > :10:16.standing a few feet away. They came up behind, shot Ciaran in the left
:10:16. > :10:22.calf and shot Sean twice in the ankles. Sean came through, no great
:10:22. > :10:26.damage, and Ciaran is left with bullet wound in his calf. How far
:10:26. > :10:31.were you. A few feet away. Towards the square, walking towards them on
:10:31. > :10:37.the phone for an ambulance. So you literally phone the ambulance while
:10:37. > :10:43.they're being shot? Yeah. Is that not crazy? It is crazy, but we live
:10:43. > :10:48.in a crazy society. Do you know who they are is this I know. Two months
:10:48. > :10:54.later, Ciaran and his family are tormented by the decision. How can
:10:54. > :10:58.a father stand here and see his son getting shot. It is eating me away.
:10:59. > :11:02.People ask me why didn't I go to the police. We don't live in a
:11:02. > :11:07.normal society. I could have gone to the police, I could be burnt,
:11:07. > :11:13.blew up, living in fear, I don't want to live like that. City of
:11:13. > :11:20.culture, city of fear! So, what effect is all this having on Derry
:11:20. > :11:24.now. Sn The impact of RAAD on Derry, can't be underestimated. Since
:11:24. > :11:30.we've been here, we've met young men and their families who are
:11:30. > :11:35.living constantly in fear. One of them agreed to be interviewed. His
:11:35. > :11:43.words are spoken by an actor to protect his identity. He's also
:11:43. > :11:46.asked us not to use his real name. So we've called him John. Well I'm
:11:46. > :11:52.under threat because I was dabbleling in a bit of drugs, it
:11:52. > :11:55.was not major, I was making �100 a week, even to do it, to feed his
:11:55. > :12:00.own habit. This brought John to the attention of RAAD now he is living
:12:00. > :12:04.in fear, since threatened by the vigilantes. But John refuses to
:12:04. > :12:10.leave Derry, and now lives in a permanent state of terror, waiting
:12:10. > :12:16.for the moment when RAAD will attack. I've machetes, swords,
:12:16. > :12:22.anything pointy on them, I move house, every three months, I'm
:12:22. > :12:27.moving today actually. I have drop boards made up, alarms off police
:12:27. > :12:37.from the door, keep the light up, sitting up until 4 or 5 in the
:12:37. > :12:37.
:12:38. > :12:42.morning. John says living this way has left him mentallytor tuerd.
:12:42. > :12:46.was going to kill myself, but I don't want to do that. I have two
:12:46. > :12:50.kids. We spoke to his mother who didn't want to be identified.
:12:50. > :12:56.not only what they're doing to the young fellas, they're doing the
:12:56. > :13:03.families. They'retor tuerd mothers, at the minute, I'm one of them.
:13:03. > :13:08.Like John, his mother spends each night in her home. I take my
:13:08. > :13:12.medication in the morning, that calms me down. I have to wait to my
:13:12. > :13:18.next fix before my hands stop shaking, my body stops shaking.
:13:18. > :13:23.is clear that John's mother is also being terrorised by RAAD's threats.
:13:23. > :13:30.My worst fear is they pull up near somewhere in a car, van, getting
:13:30. > :13:36.him into it, taking him away andtor touring him and murdering him, and
:13:36. > :13:42.throwing his body away so I don't have it. What I might say, I would
:13:42. > :13:46.go and stand at the bottom of the grave and talk to my son, than they
:13:46. > :13:51.put their hands on him. Everywhere you go, people are talking about
:13:51. > :13:58.RAAD so who are they and what are police doing to tackle them? They
:13:58. > :14:02.are led by two former Provisional IRA members of some standing, and
:14:02. > :14:06.the organisation, exists, almost exclusively of form era are a
:14:06. > :14:09.members, with some new recruit, who weren't involved in that
:14:09. > :14:16.organisation. What size of membership have this
:14:16. > :14:23.group? I don't think it is helpful for me to get into range of numbers.
:14:23. > :14:31.But I assure you they are a small group. The pist pist may know who
:14:31. > :14:35.they are, but - PSNI may know, but there are four murders. We haven't
:14:35. > :14:40.been as good as we should have been, and I'm disappoint. We have,
:14:40. > :14:44.currently another man before the court in relation to RAAD-relate
:14:45. > :14:49.actively, but it is not good enough. So, we recognise that, and we
:14:49. > :14:56.recognise we need to do more. means more money, more manpower,
:14:56. > :15:02.and more resources. Including, a new appeal Ejiofor information.
:15:02. > :15:06.have spoken to the Chief Constable personally at length around RAAD
:15:06. > :15:11.and I can assure you we are going to do everything we can, as an
:15:11. > :15:13.organisation, to tackle RAAD in the coming weeks and months. But we
:15:13. > :15:19.will be more successful if the community give us the information
:15:19. > :15:24.that I need. I would urge them, urge them, please for the sake of
:15:24. > :15:30.your community and Derry, help us to make RAAD go away, and give us
:15:30. > :15:35.that information. The police appear to be oping the -- uping the
:15:35. > :15:41.offensive but help is low. It means many those under threat look
:15:41. > :15:48.elsewhere for help. Most of the meet in the community centre,
:15:48. > :15:51.called the Rose Mount resource centre. It secured funding from the
:15:51. > :15:58.International Red Cross, for its work with threat victims. I went
:15:58. > :16:02.there to meet the man for many of those in RAAD's hit list as their
:16:02. > :16:08.only hope. Since we began regarding our statistics in June last year,
:16:08. > :16:14.we've dealt with up until today, 112 cases, for the individuals
:16:14. > :16:19.coming in it here, it is seriously stressful. They're really concerned,
:16:19. > :16:26.they think that their family member is going to be shot or hurt,
:16:26. > :16:31.certainly. Within hours. Hugh is no ordinary community workers, he is a
:16:31. > :16:36.former member of the Provisional IRA, and several of RAAD's members
:16:36. > :16:40.are his former comrades. It gives them a level of RAAD that few have.
:16:40. > :16:47.Whenever we are contacted by somebody under threat, then we
:16:47. > :16:52.would contact RAAD. You then deal directly with RAAD? Yeah. So how do
:16:52. > :16:58.they rationalise, shooting people, and acting in what many people say
:16:58. > :17:02.is a barbaric fashion? They rationalise it easy, they're saying
:17:02. > :17:08.they're preventing these people selling drugs to children in our
:17:08. > :17:13.community. That's how they rationalise it. The Mubarakity of
:17:13. > :17:17.their actions, I don't think they rationalise at all. Hugh's contact
:17:17. > :17:23.with RAAD makes his work controversial, some accused him and
:17:23. > :17:28.the centre, of being too close to the group, and as acting as RAAD's
:17:28. > :17:34.messenger. But he says his purpose is simple. Our soul function is to
:17:34. > :17:38.shop those shootings. Where we are intervened and unsuccessful, we
:17:38. > :17:42.would be angry at ourselves that maybe we could have done something
:17:42. > :17:46.else, that may have persuaded RAAD to prevent the shooting. Brady's
:17:46. > :17:51.work takes place behind the scenes. There are those that believe the
:17:51. > :17:56.best way to respond to RAAD is to challenge the group publicly, and
:17:56. > :18:01.directly. For three months, one group of women has been at the
:18:01. > :18:09.forefront of this campaign. They call themselves Move On. They
:18:09. > :18:13.agreed to meet me. How much support to RAAD were other groups who carry
:18:13. > :18:19.on punishment attacks, how much support do they have? RAAD do not
:18:19. > :18:24.have the support of the majority of people of our communities. They
:18:24. > :18:30.don't have any type of following, that it shows any type of
:18:30. > :18:33.credibility. The women of Move On aren't the only ones challenging
:18:33. > :18:38.RAAD publicly. Attacking RAAD's credibility has been a tactic of
:18:38. > :18:46.the police, inity battle for hearts and minds. Well, you know, I don't
:18:46. > :18:49.see any big time drug dealers, being targeted by RAAD. This is a
:18:49. > :18:55.criminal gang who brutalise and shoot people. If you fall out with
:18:55. > :18:59.them in a pub or street, they'll exile you and order you out of the
:18:59. > :19:03.city. Some people have been allow today return, only when they paid
:19:04. > :19:09.thousands of pounds, sometimes to RAAD. Or, maybe, RAAD have taken
:19:09. > :19:13.their motor vehicle off them. This is pure criminality that is
:19:13. > :19:17.inflicting horrible effects on the community. We want to challenge
:19:17. > :19:22.RAAD ourselves about their violent activities. So we made contact with
:19:22. > :19:27.the group, through an intermediary. We put a number of questions to
:19:27. > :19:31.RAAD. They supplied us with a series of statements and
:19:31. > :19:41.photographs. We began by asking RAAD why they were shooting people.
:19:41. > :19:42.
:19:42. > :19:52.RAAD why they were shooting people. They alleged are drug dealers. They
:19:52. > :20:13.
:20:13. > :20:18.RAAD believes it has support in this community. So does it? And if
:20:18. > :20:25.it does, where does that support it does, where does that support
:20:25. > :20:30.come from? While filming in Derry, we found people reluctant people
:20:30. > :20:33.they support RAAD until this happened. Ten days ago, police
:20:33. > :20:40.investigating RAAD mounted a search operation within cegdepan. Within
:20:40. > :20:44.minutes a crowd gathered outside. Then this.
:20:44. > :20:54.Bomb. Around the corner, a police vehicle was hit by a blast bomb.
:20:54. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:06.So what do people here, think about RAAD? I support RAAD fully. I'd
:21:06. > :21:11.probably be lifted for saying that, I support them, because I can see
:21:11. > :21:15.what people do with drugs. Do RAAD have support? Only people are
:21:15. > :21:19.afraid to say they pour RAAD because you're looked at as a bad
:21:19. > :21:24.person. My heart and soul support RAAD. I would trust them. If my
:21:24. > :21:28.grandson was involved in drugs, I would go straight to them and I
:21:28. > :21:34.know they'd sort him out. Not shooting him but in other ways,
:21:34. > :21:39.that's the last resort. This woman wasn't the only one here who agreed
:21:39. > :21:42.to be interviewed by RAAD. Shortly afterwards, we spotted Gary
:21:43. > :21:47.Donnelly, a hardline Republican, opposed to the peace process. We
:21:47. > :21:53.asked him whether RAAD has support in the area. There's without doubt
:21:53. > :21:58.support for RAAD in these communities. People, some people in
:21:58. > :22:02.these communities would see RAAD at the forefront of the battle against
:22:03. > :22:07.drugs. Could you agree with shooting people, that's barbaric?
:22:07. > :22:11.When people look at that, it is a form of justice. It is barbaric, it
:22:11. > :22:17.is not nice, but the drug problem in this community, there's people
:22:17. > :22:27.who want swift just dis, and that's the way they look at it. Shortly
:22:27. > :22:37.
:22:37. > :22:41.But these scenes in the Creggan were about something deeper and
:22:41. > :22:48.more fundamental than RAAD. Police is not welcome in our community
:22:48. > :22:53.this. Is not a normal police force that you would see in Ireland or
:22:53. > :22:58.England, this is a paramilitary police force. RAAD claimed
:22:58. > :23:04.responsibility for a blast bomb on the police. This is the first time
:23:04. > :23:09.RAAD attacked on the pist pist, it put the group on an I - PSNI and
:23:09. > :23:15.put it on another level. When RAAD emerged, it had no political agenda,
:23:15. > :23:20.but of course, in recent years, RAAD are in conflict with the PSNI,
:23:20. > :23:30.they're hunted by the PSNI, and denounced now by Sinn Fein, and all
:23:30. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:35.that. I think it creates the potential at least an overlap of
:23:35. > :23:39.interest with RAAD and people called dissident Republicans, one
:23:40. > :23:44.question is how will that develop, in the next couple of years.
:23:44. > :23:49.asked RAAD through the intermediary, if they work with dissent? They
:23:49. > :23:53.refused to comment. What's clear is that RAAD is a new faction in an
:23:54. > :23:59.already divided Republican family in Derry. So, where is Sinn Fein in
:23:59. > :24:05.all of this and what is it doing about RAAD? We are voicing our
:24:05. > :24:12.opposition to what they do. We have always said they have no meaningful
:24:12. > :24:15.role to play with life in Derry. We highlighted what RAAD is about. We
:24:15. > :24:18.said they're under Sinn Fein, under the peace process, and called on
:24:18. > :24:21.the community to voice their opposition, to show their
:24:21. > :24:25.opposition, be it in public demonstrations or co-operateing
:24:25. > :24:29.with the PSNI. But how realistic are Sinn Fein's calls to co-operate
:24:29. > :24:33.with the police? Sinn Fein is in a difficult position, it is their
:24:33. > :24:38.line, publicly and I understand, privately to tell people, you have
:24:38. > :24:44.problems with RAAD or generally, with illegal, or antisocial
:24:44. > :24:50.behaviour, to go to the PSNI. That is not always welcome advice. So to
:24:50. > :24:54.tell people to go to PSNI appear in court and give evidence against
:24:54. > :24:58.particulars, that's easy to say, but difficult for people to do on
:24:58. > :25:04.the ground. RAAD it seems has become the focus, of a battle for
:25:04. > :25:07.the very soul of the community, within Republicanism in Derry.
:25:07. > :25:12.Feign are attempting to get together, you know, people in the
:25:12. > :25:17.community, many of whom will be associated with Sinn Fein, to form
:25:17. > :25:22.community groups and give a voice who are oppose today RAAD. How
:25:22. > :25:28.successful that is, remains to be seen., we got a phenomenonan now,
:25:28. > :25:32.where community groups are emerging, some hostile ter raed, and some in
:25:32. > :25:39.effect, defending RAAD or the dissident Republicans or both, so
:25:39. > :25:45.you have a community which is split. What is the answer to RAAD? We've
:25:45. > :25:49.learnted on the ground, quiet diplomacy has been going on. There
:25:49. > :25:55.are conversations taking place, these have been taking place
:25:55. > :25:58.formally and informally over a period of time. We have reacheded
:25:58. > :26:03.understandings. Seamus is a social worker, and believes there are
:26:03. > :26:07.circumstances in which RAAD will scale back their activities. RAAD
:26:07. > :26:11.said if there was some other means of dealing effectively with the
:26:11. > :26:17.drugs problem they would no longer be in existence. If we can get a
:26:17. > :26:25.strong community voice in place, that says "we will take
:26:25. > :26:29.responsibility for dealing with the issues, and no-one else, ""RAAD
:26:29. > :26:33.will listen. There are people to take on that role. The women said
:26:33. > :26:37.when it comes to takeling the social problems and drugs, they
:26:37. > :26:40.have more to offer than RAAD. Throughout Northern Ireland there's
:26:40. > :26:45.drug problems, alcohol problems, misuse of prescription drugs, we're
:26:46. > :26:50.to different here in this city. But young people have to grow up, they
:26:50. > :26:56.make mistakes, but they have to learn from them and being shot
:26:56. > :27:00.won't learn them. Are you naive, that some people would say you'll
:27:00. > :27:05.never solve the drug problem, if you're going to try and do it as a
:27:05. > :27:08.community, there are a million xaxs it hasn't worked. Do you feel you
:27:08. > :27:12.will make a difference? We wouldn't be here if we couldn't make a
:27:12. > :27:16.difference. The community to us is everybody getting involved, the
:27:16. > :27:19.whole community getting together. We are not superheroes, it won't
:27:19. > :27:24.happen overnight. We need everybody together as one, regardless of who
:27:24. > :27:29.you are, what you are, where you're fro, we want everybody to come
:27:29. > :27:35.together, unite and sort out the problem together. What are your
:27:35. > :27:40.hopes for the future, in terms of RAAD and Derry? My hope is that
:27:40. > :27:47.RAAD disband and all other armed vigilante groups. Disband and
:27:47. > :27:54.disarm, and go away, and let us be the community that we want to be.
:27:54. > :28:04.So, will RAAD soften its position So, will RAAD soften its position
:28:04. > :28:11.
:28:11. > :28:15.in response to these calls? We It is a sign that RAAD has no
:28:15. > :28:24.intention of going away. It seems that there will be further
:28:24. > :28:34.suffering at the hands of the vigilantes. I still wait for that
:28:34. > :28:44.text or phone call, from Andrew. 24 years of age, a young man. Starting
:28:44. > :28:45.
:28:45. > :28:50.to turn his life around. And they murder him. Where's the justice?
:28:50. > :28:56.RAAD are a relic of repian parliamentarianism, apart from the
:28:56. > :29:01.misery of their victims, it is hard to tell what they are trying to