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Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:28 pm
by BLAHBLAHJAH
Don't act dim, can you not look further into the subject. Part of the issue is the represented attitude, not of just the incident, not just this situation, but also to parallel situations. Worth noting the ideas and responses were intelligent ones regardless of which body they came from

Also what a load of toilet about equal rights etc etc... There's this thing called consideration that scraps turd ideals
(Or alcohol if you're into punching ladies to celebrate equal rights)

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:43 pm
by Badman Juice
yeah would make for a much better show if the presenter didn't question anything said, presumed because the man's disabled that he's not capable of lying, and just patronised him for ten minutes. then we could all switch over to a nice romantic comedy and relax.

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:44 pm
by wub
Maybe the police were simply enacting the government's new tests for disability benefit?

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:45 pm
by deadly_habit
Badman Juice wrote:lol @ the people who don't like it when a reporter asks a disabled person some hard questions because it makes them feel uncomfortable to see them treated as equals.
it's that he keeps asking the same insinuating question over and over trying to cut the guy off like he's at fault
reminds me of

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:47 pm
by Badman Juice
ridiculous comparison. and camron might not be the most articulate rapper, but he's not disabled.

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:51 pm
by deadly_habit
Badman Juice wrote:ridiculous comparison. and camron might not be the most articulate rapper, but he's not disabled.
i'm saying the cutting him off when he's trying to put forward a point
is similar to o'reilly in this situation

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:53 pm
by Motorway to Roswell
These stories shouldn't be allowed to overshadow the protests. The media is constantly detracting and sidestepping the issue and just focussing on violence or individuals. (They're both pertinent issues, but they should strengthen the overall protest. The media seem to be using them to divert attention from the purpose of the protests)

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:54 pm
by deadly_habit
Motorway to Roswell wrote:These stories shouldn't be allowed to overshadow the protests. The media is constantly detracting and sidestepping the issue and just focussing on violence or individuals. (They're both pertinent issues, but they should strengthen the overall protest. The media seem to be using them to divert attention from the purpose of the protests)
which he got cut off with the same question over and over when he tried to bring up that

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:56 pm
by Motorway to Roswell
Yeah. It's a sad state of affairs.

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:56 pm
by jameshk
I've made an official complaint to the BBC, and I urge everyone else who is as horrified by this as me to do the same. This is completely unjust, in the way it was conducted and reported.

This conservative gonvernment is a joke, do they expect things such as this to just blow over and go away, in the age where everything can and will be filmed, and then will end up in youtube within 24 hours?

I hope theres another march soon, this is completely disgusting.

Fuck the Police, Fuck the BBC and fuck the Government. What little respect I had left for any is now shattered.

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:58 pm
by JimmaJamJamie
He had some really good points but like people have said it's ridiculous that he got cut off everytime just to be asked the same question.

You can tell the questions asked were to paint him in a bad light and justify what the police did, just because of the fact that he was protesting. Instead they should of been focusing on the matter in hand which is that the police should not have done what they did.

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:18 pm
by adikt
in my hometown, Gainesville Florida US, a University student with polio named Al-Brempong was shot multiple times in the FACE with an assult rifle because he was 'approaching the police with a large stick'...which was in fact his medical cane. there was a video taken of the incident. the uni police ignored the on scene mental counselor's direct advice concerning the student & he is shot within 3 seconds of the door being broken down. the police claimed the student was alone in his locked apt yelling outloud so this was necessary action. the officer were placed on paid leave & are still serving on the force. the student is still recovering(this was last spring) and the university has paid his bills. there were small protests for a few weeks but no other protest action taken. the media turned it around so that the victim 'may have been' attacking the police even tho it was very clear otherwise.

as was said in the video. this is not an isolated incident. :(

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:29 pm
by Badman Juice
equally if he's using a supposedly independent broadcaster as a platform to put forth his political agenda at length, then it's important for the report to move on to questions which will get to heart of the issue at hand.

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:37 pm
by wubstep
Filed a report to Ofcom yesterday, first time I've ever felt the need to complain.

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:49 pm
by crackf
dont care whether hes disables or not, hes got proper points going on

reporters questions seem more accusing than questioning, wheelchair or no wheelchair

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:51 pm
by reverendmedia


what's the tune in the bg? thanks in advance

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:51 pm
by isiahfire
The Daily Mails two pence worth...

http://twitpic.com/3fu7zh

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:52 pm
by crackf
adikt wrote: a University student with polio named Al-Brempong was shot multiple times in the FACE
:O
adikt wrote:the student is still recovering
SUPERMAN?!?

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:57 pm
by aspect-dubz
reverendmedia wrote:

what's the tune in the bg? thanks in advance
sounds like it's possibly a remix of damian marley-welcome to jamrock.. i could be wrong though, it could be the original

Re: Police drag disabled protester out of wheelchair

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:59 pm
by aspect-dubz
isiahfire wrote:The Daily Mails two pence worth...

http://twitpic.com/3fu7zh
-q-
Just as expected.. it was almost too predictable