I woke up yesterday morning and thought, "This is the twelfth of July, the day the Orangemen march in Northern Ireland to celebrate their conquest of the native Irish centuries ago. This won't be good."
Northern Ireland's Chief Constable has called for a major debate on the controversial parades.
Northern Ireland Riots: New Video Released
July 13, 2010
Sky News HD
Carole Erskine, Sky News Online
Dramatic footage of fresh violence in Northern Ireland has been released by police after a second night of riots in north Belfast.
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The video shows masked protestors throwing petrol bombs, bricks and bottles at police officers.
It also shows a police van being attacked by a large group carrying metal poles and weapons - at one point they try to turn the vehicle onto its side.
Officers fired 70 baton rounds and used water cannons to disperse the protestors.
The violent scenes at the flashpoint in the Ardoyne area are all too familiar as crowds targeted officers who had been trying to escort a planned Orange march past streets dividing loyalist and republican neighbourhoods.
Belfast violence
This was the second night of violence in the Ardoyne Road area of north Belfast
Police have also been attacked by rioters in violent clashes elsewhere in Belfast and in other areas across Northern Ireland, including Lurgan, Co Armagh and Armagh City.
Over two nights of trouble 82 police officers have been injured.
Northern Ireland's Chief Constable has called for a major debate on the controversial parades.
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