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The Guardian: Journalist appears to kick and trip fleeing refugees – video
A Hungarian journalist is captured first kicking a young girl and then tripping a man and his child, both running from Hungarian police. Video from index.hu posted to www.444..hu, shows László Petra initially filming fleeing refugees before turning and kicking a young girl.Video from reporter Stephan Richter then shows her trip of a man running from police.
borne out of frustration – not the right thing to do but the video clearly shows her being run at and pushed.
First kick – she kicked a young girl. That’s a bit unwarranted
Second kick – kind of looks like she was trying to assist the border patrolman, who had just stopped restraining the man. She may have taken the split second decision to trip the man so the border patrolman could continue to pursue him.
I thought the media was there to observe not take sides?
Disgraceful.
Definitely bad behaviour- the journo becomes part of the story for all the wrong reasons. Totally out of line.
Prior to the kicks she was being pushed and shoved by the refugees in front of the police line. She shouldn’t have got involved but it was obvious she was provoked.
@ Observer
They were trying to run across the field, she (and the other journos) were trying to get into their path to get the footage up close – they were there for the chaos, and they got it. They weren’t victims of assault. And if one refugee ‘provokes’ you, do you have the right to take out your frustration on the next refugee you see?
The incident wouldn’t have happened had those economic migrants not been allowed into the country. They should stay in Syria and fix their own problems rather than becoming a problem for other countries.
Interesting name there, “Truth”, given the total lack of it in your statement.