Hungarian Camera Woman Filmed Tripping Refugees Plans To Sue Facebook, Refugee She Tripped
from the horrible-people dept
You probably recall that during the recent and ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, Petra Laszlo, a camera woman for Hungarian news outlet N1, was recorded tripping refugees and kicking their children as they ran for their lives across the Hungarian border. Laszlo was ultimately fired by her employer, and initially "apologized" for her behavior by trying to claim that she wasn't an unnecessarily angry racist, she simply tripped and kicked refugees because she thought she was being attacked:"The camera was shooting, hundreds of migrants broke through the police cordon, one of them rushed to me and I was scared,” she wrote. Then something snapped in me … I just thought that I was attacked and I have to protect myself. It’s hard to make good decisions at a time when people are in a panic."Except in this new video-crazed era, we're all simply more accountable, and all of the photos and videos taken of her that day pretty clearly show her being an absolutely legendary, insufferable asshole:
"Laszlo told Izvestia that she plans to sue Facebook for allegedly refusing to remove threatening groups on the site while deleting groups that supported her. She has also directed her anger towards Osama Abdul Mohsen, one of the Syrian refugees she kicked, and says she plans to sue him. "He changed his testimony, because he initially blamed the police," Laszlo said, though she can be clearly seen in two different videos kicking him. "My husband wants to prove my innocence. For him, it is now a matter of honor. It is now a matter of honor."And really, what's more honorable than kicking and tripping children, then suing their families for good measure?
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Journalists and their camerapeople should be passive observers only. It's not their job to interfere.
And it's still an asshole thing to do to people trying to escape a shitty situation.
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I would disagree with that. Not to defend *this* woman's actions; I just disagree with that sentiment in general.
It's not like journalists even try to write unbiased stories in the first place, so why should their actions have to follow a strict neutrality?
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It's actually policy for a matter of protection.
(Some do anyway, but that's regarded as war crime or friendly fire)
Once they do interfere, that means they've taken sides, and become a target. The policy is supposed to remove all doubt.
Hence this correspondent's dismissal.
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There are other things more important to consider
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What a plan!
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Not only is the offender calling more attention to something unintentionally, that thing they were trying to hide in the first place is what a massive piece of shit they are.
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Yeah, good luck with that...
Thinking that she has any case here, she gives new meaning to the term 'she must be tripping'.
That bit about her honor- wow. It seems that those who are most concerned about their honor are those who have none.
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Her way of trying to defend her actions are to blame emotion, but then her filing has a defence of ultranationalists and others who may support what she did. She is mostly an ecco of what most other countries are concerned about Hungarian politics for: A deeply seeded dream of past glory and a desperation to restore it!
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Re: It seems that those who are most concerned about their honor are those who have none.
Up next: Her right to be "forgotten".
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That would include existing in the first place.
Have her erased from every video feed and database.
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I sense there is a lot of synergy's where she'd fit right in at either organisation.
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"I’m not a heartless, racist, children-kicking camerawoman" said the heartless, racist, children-kicking camerawoman.
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-Paraphrasing John Oliver
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Taking bets on how long before she makes Google forget her
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Your husband should have "fired" you too! And saying "it is now a matter of honor" twice doesn't make it any more right, you @#$%^&* bleep!!
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If she wants a better future she needs to admit what she did, accept it was wrong, apologise, and behave in a manner befitting the reputation she would rather have. As it is I think we've got a new Carreon here, and we'll laugh at her efforts to rewrite history recorded in glorious technicolour till someone more risible comes along.
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And I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those meddling kids
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Matter of honor?
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/30/spain.luxury.car/
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Not too Bright
not much of a camera woman is she soccer might be more her thing
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When the World Runs Past You
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I know you're trying to be hyperbolic, and I certainly have no love for the woman, but this is frankly ridiculous.
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The beginning and end of your sentence don't go well together. You understand hyperbole and know that this is an example of it... but it's too hyperbolic? If it's not meant to be taken literally, why does it matter how far divorced from reality it is?
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Welcome to Europe, where you can get away with all the hate and death threats if you include a single frame that pushes your agenda.
So fuck you for supporting this hate machine.
Trying to claim? She was surrounded by an angry, violent crowd. Sure kicking people is bad but you think she deserves to be harrased like this? One of her relatives died because of the continuous harrasment.
Ran for their life!!!
Because so fucking many migrants died in hungary right? This shit is disgusting. Social "justice" at its best.
Fuck you techdirt.
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Though of course you might want to take out how its justified to kick people surrounding you in an "angry violent crowd" if your going with the defense she never kicked anyone
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You can say all the excuses in the world to justify her actions but bottom line she made a wrong move and needs to own it, apologise and move on. Her actions have gone from pathetic and disgusting to cowardice. Where's the honor in that????????
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The fleeing refugees were not running for their lives as they fled persecution and worse. Let that sink in for a moment.
Have these people ever heard of the Berlin Wall? People were shot on site for doing what they are doing.
Did you seriously just defend her actions by comparing them to those of a repressive dictatorship? In case you didn't notice, we live in a democracy where we don't kill you on sight for trying to improve your situation.
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In this situation, yes.
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Christ, what an asshole
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Jail the camera woman
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