“Its Political Policing” : Crown Forces Drop Disorderly Behaviour Charges Against Prominent Saoradh Activist

In an embarrassing moment for the Stormont regime, the Crown Forces have now been forced to drop disorderly behaviour charges against prominent Saoradh activist Séamus Fitzsimons.

In early September 2026, Fitzsimons was brought to court over allegedly inciting a “motorcycle takeover” of Stewartstown Road on July 16th, despite there being no evidence that he was amongst the masked males on the stolen motorcycles or those attacking the PSNI. 

In fact, Saoradh activists were on the ground in efforts to calm the situation, as local youth gathered in the area. The role of Sinn Féin politicians, who initially contacted the PSNI to report Saoradh activists, invites questions. In 2007, Sinn Féin voted at a historic Ard Fheis to cooperate with the colonial police force, and end its policy of opposition to British policing in Ireland’s 6 counties. 

“While attempting to calm the situation and speak sense to those involved, our activists found themselves being followed at almost every turn by Crown Forces. Local paid Sinn Féin politicians, who arrived later, were challenged by our activists over their failure to address the ongoing issues affecting this community and their continued silence in the face of anti-social behaviour, “ the party stated at the time.

“Rather than engage with the concerns raised, these Sinn Féin representatives contacted the Crown Forces and alleged that our activists had threatened them. In the early hours of yesterday morning, our local activist, Séamus Fitzsimons, was arrested in what is yet another clear act of political policing against a Republican activist, carried out at the behest of Sinn Féin, “ their statement read.

The PSNI sent 5 jeeps, 25 officers including a special unit focused on terrorism, to his family home during his arrest, where they used excessive force, before bringing him to court. “A show of force that failed embarrassingly, “ he says in reaction to today’s news, adding that “freedom of expression is not a trivial matter, and political speech doesn’t become a crime because it’s controversial or passionate”. The party argues that this is yet another instance of political policing by the Stormont regime, designed to intimidate and harass socialist republican activists.   

“Let there be no ambiguity: those who work hand in hand with the Crown Forces, facilitating the harassment, arrest, brutalisation, maiming and killing of Irish Republicans, are not Republicans, “ their statement concluded.

Sinn Féin’s role has been slammed elsewhere as administering British occupation in the 6 counties, following their abandonment of the struggle for a 32-county socialist republic after the Good Friday Agreement. 

The mainstream media, for its part, seized on the opportunity to publish slanderous articles about the socialist republican, alleging that he is part of a “biker gang”. The media apparatus, through its revolving door of lucrative job opportunities, usually fulfills a reactionary role in capitalist societies, manufacturing consent for the repression of socialists and republicans. A complaint has been made by his lawyers to the Independent Press Standards Organisation, a media ombudsman which has jurisdiction over outlets in the North of Ireland and the United Kingdom.