The Five Demands

Scherzo decisamente di cattivo gusto quello di Ian Paisley Jr nei confronti di  Martina Anderson, Sinn Fein, dichiarando che la vedrebbe con piacere colpita dal taser dagli agenti del Policing Board.
“Sono sicuro che non ci sia un bel po ‘di gente che vorrebbe vedere Martina Anderson colpita dal taser”, ha detto Paisley.
Scherzo che ha sollevato le immediate reazioni di Martina Anderson “ancora una volta l’onorevole Paisley ha messo in imbarazzato il suo partito”.
“Questo è tipico della assurdità che  ci si aspetta dall’onorevole Paisley Jnr”, ha aggiunto.
Le pistole Taser sono un’arma elettroshock in grado di scaricare 50.000 volt con lo scopo di soggiogare individui condiserati pericolosi. Anche se si sostiene che non sia un’arma letale circa 290 decessi dal 2001 negli Stati Uniti e in Canada, sono stati attribuiti all’uso di pistole Taser.
La polizia è stata autorizzata all’acquisto di 12 pistole Taser all’inizio di quest’anno, nonostante l’opposizione di gruppi per la tutela dei diritti umani e alcuni membri del Policing Board.
Il Taser è stato utilizzato per la prima volta a Derry, lo scorso agosto.

Paisley says he wants to see SF woman ‘Tasered’
IAN Paisley jnr told a DUP audience at the weekend that he would like to see his fellow Policing Board member Martina Anderson ‘Tasered’.
His comments came during a speech about policing and justice to around 700 delegates at the DUP conference.
He called her “a ghastly woman”.
“I’m sure there is quite a few people who would like to see Martina Anderson tasered,” Mr Paisley said.
Taser guns are an electroshock weapon which discharges 50,000 volts used to subdue targets.
They fire two wires which attach to the target’s body and carry an electric shock.
Although they are said to be a non-lethal weapon some 290 deaths in the US and Canada since 2001 have been attributed to the use of Taser guns.
The police were given permission earlier this year to buy 12 Taser guns despite opposition from human rights groups and some members of the policing board.
A taser was used for the first time last August in Derry.
Ms Anderson, a Sinn Fein assembly member for Foyle, has been an outspoken critic of Tasers
She said it was clear that “yet again Mr Paisley has embarrassed his party”.
“This is typical of the nonsense we come to expect from Mr Paisley jnr,” she said.
“What we can see is how far he and others in the DUP have to travel to treat other elected representatives on the basis of partnership and equality.
“He has used a very sensitive case in Derry to attack myself which reflects on the mentality of the man.
“His speech is the only speech from their party conference which has not been made available on the party website. It is obvious he has embarrassed them again.”
Mr Paisley Junior told The Irish News yesterday that the remark was simply a joke and “should be taken in the spirit it was meant.”
A spokeswoman for the Policing Board said because the comment was not made in a meeting of the board it would not be taking any action.
However she said if a member had a complaint about another member, there was a code of conduct that can be referred to and a complaint can be made.