Talk:Robert McBride (police officer)

McBride wasn't given amnesty in 1992 by the TRC, but rather by De Klerk in order to allow negotiations to procede. I switched the comments about heroism to reflect that even the coloured community was [and is] divided about McBride. -Grant McKenna 17:05, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Ok- the TRC gave McBride amnesty in 2001; I'm just checking for when de Klerk gave him amnesty. Grant McKenna 02:51, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm looking for a reference I found a long time ago to Irish intervention in changing McBride's sentence from execution to a prison sentence. Can anyone help? Mostyn 12:42, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

From http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/library-resources/online%20books/mcbride-robert/book6.htm

"It should be recalled that during his trial, David Gordon had planted the myth that he was a descendant of Major John MacBride - the Irish soldier who came to South Africa and fought on the side of the Boers during the Anglo-Boer war. As a result, when the ANC guerrilla was on death row, the Irish, believing that one of their kin was about to be executed, aligned themselves with the campaign to save his life. Tiernan MacBride, the grandson of the Major, was one of the many Irish people who wrote to the South African state president asking him to spare Robert's life.

Robert's supposed link with the Irish subsequently determined the course of his political career. A number of trips undertaken to Ireland prior to his move to the Department of Foreign Affairs heightened his passion for international relations." --Totorotroll (talk) 15:57, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Whats his racial background? Its rather relevant given the context! Is he coloured? Ottawakismet (talk) 16:14, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Rather large edit
The whole "EXTRA BIOGRAPHY" section repeated much of the contents of the article, had no wikified headings, and was generally a nuisance. I added what I thought were the necessary pieces of missing information to the main article, and redacted the rest. As the sources were also not under a proper heading, I assumed they were part of the extra information, and deleted them as well. Also changed some wording, modified and added some links. As it is a stub (and I think was before, just a double-stub), I added 3 stub categories. --Storkk 19:07, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Petrol station incident
I've started writing this, but it seems the sources are conflicting, and a few more POVs need to be presented. See this legal brief article, with numerous links to other stories. -Kieran 00:59, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

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