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Originally posted by inuse
Originally posted by lifeform11
reply to post by inuse
can you share your evidence that this man committed any violence?
just because you can see him causing trouble dont mean he didnt , im sure they arnt going too target the disabled man for no reason ...get real , anyway thats enough of this i know you cant change peoples minds on here next you'll be telling me the police use mind control and that there greens
Originally posted by inuse
Originally posted by lifeform11
reply to post by inuse
can you share your evidence that this man committed any violence?
just because you can see him causing trouble dont mean he didnt , im sure they arnt going too target the disabled man for no reason ...get real , anyway thats enough of this i know you cant change peoples minds on here next you'll be telling me the police use mind control and that there greens
Originally posted by InTrueFiction
reply to post by JonoEnglish
Yes but don't you think that asking a man that just said he can't even push his own wheelchair if he was throwing rocks is a bit like... asking a blind man if he liked sight-seeing? For the sake of equal treatment? Implying he was a violent radical because of his blog entries? Com'on...
The interview is a complete disaster in my opinion not because of the way the man was treated or whether enough "pity" was demonstrated - it is a disaster because the interviewer is in fact... a moron.
Originally posted by inuse
Originally posted by lifeform11
reply to post by inuse
can you share your evidence that this man committed any violence?
just because you can see him causing trouble dont mean he didnt , im sure they arnt going too target the disabled man for no reason ...get real , anyway thats enough of this i know you cant change peoples minds on here next you'll be telling me the police use mind control and that there greens
Originally posted by ThePeopleParty
reply to post by inuse
Agreed, iv just complained about him at the BBC web site.
I dont like the way he talks to him as if he is stupid or the fact that he is judging him and trying to make excuse for the police nearly killing someone with a baton.
Originally posted by dJbdJb
Originally posted by JonoEnglish
Originally posted by drkid
reply to post by NadaCambia
this poor disabled protester
Do you treat all disabled people with pity?
I like to use kindness, much like I do with able bodied people.
It's a bit different when he's being accused of things that he can't possibly do, like throw rocks or "roll towards a police officer" - which hardly justifies being dragged from your wheelchair and across the street. So he's obviously not equal to an able bodied man in this case.
If he was being accused of a crime that he could have physically carried out, then that's a different story.
Originally posted by exroyalnavy
Hi. I am pretty new here so most (if not all) of you will not know that I am resident in the UK.
Please listen to the soundtrack on the opening video of Jody McIntyre and his wheelchair. It is obvious from it that the protestors know McIntyre well. They refer to him as "this guy is f****** hard". they should know him. He is career troublemaker and freelance reporter when it suits him. Someone here has stated that "he cannot even move himself". He can actually. He is quite capable of walking short distances.
So why was he where he was? He is not a student and hasn`t been for many years. This whole thing is a set-up by McIntyre and the nearby protestors are well aware of that. I am not an apologist for the Police by any means and have no reason to side with them. But this guy is pulling the wool over people`s eyes - or trying to.
Please listen to the soundtrack and watch the start of the video carefully. It might be (although it is not very well lit) that it is in fact his friends behind him who tip him out of his wheelchair to get the whole thing started.
Have another look and see what you think.