Ulster Special Constabulary

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The Ulster Special Constabulary was a reserve police force in Northern Ireland, largely Protestant and unionist, that played a controversial paramilitary-style role in maintaining British rule and countering Irish republican activity in the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf auxiliary police force ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
reserve police force ⓘ
accusedOf collusion with loyalist paramilitaries ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
sectarian bias ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Northern Ireland ⓘ
armed true ⓘ
composition part-time volunteers ⓘ
conflict Irish Civil War (border campaigns) ⓘ
linked to: Irish Civil War

Irish War of Independence ⓘ
early stages of the Troubles ⓘ
inter-communal violence in Northern Ireland (1920s) ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1970 ⓘ
hasPart Ulster Special Constabulary A Specials ⓘ
Ulster Special Constabulary B Specials ⓘ
Ulster Special Constabulary C Specials ⓘ
headquartersLocation Belfast ⓘ
ideology Ulster unionism ⓘ
inception 1920 ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
legalStatus armed reserve of the Royal Ulster Constabulary ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Ireland ⓘ
motto For God and Ulster ⓘ
nickname B Specials ⓘ
opposedBy Irish Republican Army ⓘ
Irish republican movement ⓘ
parentOrganization Royal Ulster Constabulary ⓘ
partOf security forces of Northern Ireland ⓘ
precededBy Ulster Volunteer Force (pre-World War I) ⓘ
reasonForAbolition perceived sectarian nature ⓘ
reforms of policing in Northern Ireland in late 1960s ⓘ
recruitmentPolicy open in law but overwhelmingly Protestant in practice ⓘ
religiousComposition predominantly Protestant ⓘ
replacedBy Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve ⓘ
Ulster Defence Regiment ⓘ
role border patrol ⓘ
counter-insurgency ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
protection of infrastructure ⓘ
shortName USC ⓘ
significantEvent disbandment following Hunt Report recommendations ⓘ
expansion during 1920–1922 violence in Northern Ireland ⓘ
supportedBy Ulster unionist community ⓘ

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anti-Treaty IRA → opponent → Ulster Special Constabulary ⓘ
Tan War → hasParticipant → Ulster Special Constabulary ⓘ
Ulster Defence Regiment → precededBy → Ulster Special Constabulary ⓘ
pre-1969 Irish Republican Army → opposedOrganization → Ulster Special Constabulary ⓘ
Ulster Special Constabulary → hasPart → Ulster Special Constabulary A Specials ⓘ
linked to: Ulster Special Constabulary
Ulster Special Constabulary → hasPart → Ulster Special Constabulary B Specials ⓘ
linked to: Ulster Special Constabulary
Ulster Special Constabulary → hasPart → Ulster Special Constabulary C Specials ⓘ
linked to: Ulster Special Constabulary
B-Specials → officialName → Ulster Special Constabulary ⓘ
Ulster Defence Regiment → precededBy → Ulster Special Constabulary ⓘ
subject linked to: UDR
B Specials → partOf → Ulster Special Constabulary ⓘ