The people in south Belfast were sick and tired of drug dealers and the police who did nothing about them, so they took matters into their own hands: they tarred and feathered one of the bastards!
The police, however, classified the incidence as "a brutal and barbaric attack." Link
Call me old fashioned, but I prefer the method of fair trial and punishment.
An American friend who worked there confirmed this is entirely accurate, but Irish-Americans over here are caught up in some mythical story that stopped existing in 1972.
interesting.
Seconded.
And I'll go one step further and say that even if the man had personally offered someone drugs directly in front of me... if the matter of him being labelled a drug dealer were 100% accurate... burning tar is "a brutal and barbaric attack." It's disgusting.
Put me down for the old-fashioned methods as well please, before this site turns into an extension of the Daily Mail.
The various terrorist factions in NI are notorious for their activities - think of them as gangs, who also dabble in bombs and politics rather than guerilla fighters.
The victim may have been a drug dealer from a rival gang or he may just have tried to stand up to them (innocent people have been crippled, killed and disappeared for many years now). The vigilantes are very unlikely to have been innocents themselves.
Today teachers get kids hooked on drugs labeled by the FDA as Class 2 drugs (as are heroin and cocaine).
Call me an old-timer, but IF that guy was dealing, then he deserved what he got - no matter if it was simply from a rival gang.