the usc, which had no training in riot control, was mobilised to assist the ruc. a catalogue of incidents ensued, such as specials from tynan shooting dead an unarmed civil rights demonstrator in armagh on 14 august 1969. while the northern ireland cabinet remained supportive of the usc, it was put to them at a london meeting on 19 august that disbanding the usc was top of the british government's agenda.