Electrocution Endorsement Condemned

national | miscellaneous | press release Thursday October 02, 2008 21:19 by Richard Walsh - Republican Sinn Féin

RSF have said that the Provos must accept collective responsibility for the disastrous endorsement of deadly Tasers.

The announcement that the deployment of Taser stun-guns has been approved throughout the Six Occupied Counties demonstrates the failure of those who had claimed to be entering these bodies to hold the RUC to account, a spokesperson for Republican Sinn Féin has said.

“Once again we have the use of lethal weapons by a Provo-sponsored force being authorised against the Irish people by a Provo-sponsored body,” said Director of Publicity, Richard Walsh. “As such they must accept collective responsibility for this horrendous decision by the so-called ‘Policing Board’ within the Six Counties.

“Already in recent weeks we have witnessed the highly inappropriate deployment of Taser in Derry City. With the extension of the scheme, it is inevitable that such incidents will increase. CS gas was reintroduced within the past number of years and its use has become widespread – often as a weapon of first, and not last, resort.”