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 | | To unionists, the majority community, the police force was seen as the defenders of the Northern Irish state, which had an entirely unionist-dominated system of government. |
 | | Policing a divided society such as in Northern Ireland proved difficult, as each community (nationalist and unionist) used different symbols and had different attitudes towards the institutions of the state. |
 | | In particular police and army involvement in the murder of nationalist solicitor Pat Finucane, long alleged by nationalists, and Adam Lambert, a young protestant mistaken for a catholic, was confirmed. |
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