A few hours later, I heard shots in the street. Round the corner, a man lay dead on the pavement next to his car. Security sources believe it may have been a drugs killing. He can't help them with their enquiries now. The new police commander for West Belfast, Chief Superintendent Brian McCargo, says paramilitaries are still acting without any respect for human rights.
Some Loyalists say policemen are brutal.
Many Nationalists say the same. Mr. McCargo is a Catholic from Ardoyne. In some places, it'll be hard to recruit people if they're not. In many Nationalist and Loyalist areas, paramilitaries regard themselves as 'community policemen'. On both sides, responsible community leaders recognise that 'punishment beatings' and other forms of summary justice have to stop.