Posted on 08/28/2007 6:03:26 PM PDT by DancesWithCats
An alleged drug-dealer has been tarred and feathered during a paramilitary-style attack in a loyalist area of Belfast.
The alleged drug dealer was tied to a lamppost, tarred and feathered.
The attack comes at a time when the Ulster Defence Association has been warned that Government funding for loyalist-related projects will cease unless the organisation disarms and forsakes violence.
Despite the Taughmonagh estate in south Belfast, where the attack took place, having a strong UDA presence, the paramilitary organisation's advisers insisted the group was not involved.
Their denial was disputed by nationalist politicians and the cross-community Alliance Party.
Frankie Gallagher, of the Ulster Political Research Group, claimed: "The UDA told the local community to go to the police about this. The community responded in the way it did because it had no confidence in the police."Police were given information but failed to intervene, Mr Gallagher claimed.
The degrading punishment, reminiscent of IRA-style retribution, was condemned by politicians across the parties.
The victim was tied to a lamppost as masked men poured tar over him then covered him in feathers as women and children looked on.
A placard around his neck declared: "I'm a drug dealing scumbag."
The attack, on Sunday, came amid growing pressure on the UDA to abandon all violence and give up its guns.
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Good points. All he had to do was take off his clothes and whatever he had over his head so it didn’t even get into his hair. just making a point it seems ... and well made it was!
Just hot enough to peel a layer off skin off here and there. This is real life stuff, doncha know.
Hopefully it was a life changing event for the perp. If not, he will probably face much tougher punishments in the future.
With tar remover and a feather plucker!
Seriously - petroleum based products, such as vaseline, will dissolve it painlessly. Even mayonaise works!
Oh sure. As somebody else posted, WD40 works great. I use it all the time to remove price tags and other glued on stuff.
My mother scrubbed me with an old rag and gasoline for an hour getting all the tar off. Do you know what scrubbing on skin for an hour with an old rag and gasoline feels like?????! Yikes. Learned my lesson.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870788/posts?page=22#22
I think this dude will require a couple of cases at least.
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