Editing Bad Lieutenant (section)

===Ban in Ireland===
On January 29, 1993, the film was banned in [[Ireland]]. Sheamus Smith, who headed the [[Irish Film Censor Board]] at the time, felt the film had a "demeaning treatment of women".<ref name=boardsielist>{{cite web|title=Films banned in Ireland|url=https://www.boards.ie/b/thread/113288|website=boards.ie|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Violent 'Bad Lieutenant' has been banned in Ireland|url=http://buffalonews.com/1993/02/06/violent-bad-lieutenant-had-been-banned-in-ireland/|website=The Buffalo News|date=February 7, 1993 |access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dwyer|first1=Michael|title=Film about amoral policeman is banned|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=5 February 1993}}</ref><ref name=madonnaban>{{cite news|last1=Dwyer|first1=Michael|title=Madonna film is banned by the censor|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=23 November 1994}}</ref> The [[DVD]] release was banned for the same reason 10 years later.<ref>{{cite web|title=No.27 – 279–287 – 04042003|url=http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2003/april/2003%2004%2004%20IO%20Issue.pdf|website=Iris Oifigiúil|access-date=5 March 2018}}</ref>