Man Convicted for Bloody Sunday Threat

0:00On April 20th, a 41-year-old man from Belfast just got convicted for firing off a menacing social media threat, aimed at the brothers of A, Bloody Sunday Victim, Dean Port is targeted the family of William McKinney, who was shot dead by British soldiers back on January 30th, 1972, during. That tragic civil rights march in Derry. This all went down last year, during the high-profile trial of Soldier F, a former parachute regiment member accused, but cleared of murdering McKinney. Port has posted the threat twice, once on September 18th, and again on October 22nd, right above a photo of the brother's attending court. The McKinney brothers Joe, Mickey and John, said they felt straight-up terrified, like they were being watched or targeted for real. They worried about their safety and their families, taking the words as a serious warning, tied to their push for justice. In Belfast Magistrate's Court this Monday, the judge found Port is guilty on both counts of improper use of a communications network.

1:00He got hit with the restraining order against harassing them further, and he's out on bail waiting for pre-sentence reports before June 8th. With Bloody Sunday scar still raw after all these years, cases like this remind us how threats can reignite old wounds, keeping families on edge even, as the legal wills turn.