From the Daily Mail
Tied to a lamppost, he stands with his head and upper body covered in tar and feathers. A makeshift placard hung around his neck with a piece of string announces the reason for his treatment.
It is a very public humiliation, and a medieval one. Almost ten years since Northern Ireland's Troubles officially ended, this remains the crude face of justice on the streets of south Belfast.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=478310&in_page_id=1770
