In March 2019 she was criticised by all sides in Northern Ireland and faced calls to resign for invoking the Nuremberg defence when defending the actions of UK forces during the Troubles , saying : " The fewer than 10 % of killings that were at the hands of the military and police were not crimes , they were people acting under orders and fulfilling their duties in a dignified and appropriate way . " A " clarification " on her remarks was made by Bradley later that day in the House of Commons , and the following day she issued an apology . The families of victims raised concerns that Bradley was attempting to influence a UK government decision on whether or not to prosecute British soldiers involved in killing 14 civilians on Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972)
Karen Bradley