'10 August 2011 Last updated at 17:43Yes 'The BBC cannot verify when this footage was taken, nor the context leading up to the events' but as it shows the police in a negative light and might incite some more rioting and so bring down the Tory lead government, they stick it on their website anyway. The BBC proudly working for a Labour government or preferably a socialist revolution!
Amateur footage has been posted on YouTube claiming to show police beating a riot suspect in Jutland Street, near Manchester's Piccadilly Station.
The BBC cannot verify when this footage was taken, nor the context leading up to the events.'
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3 comments:
Is it not better to add that qualifying statement to the report than to either a) not report the footage at all or b) report it without this statement?
And the police shouldn't really be beating people on the ground, should they? If they're on the ground, then they can cuff them and arrest them, however tempting it might be to give them a lesson.
It is better than showing the video and not adding the qualifying statemnt but really the national broadcaster should not broadcast unsubstantiated video footage. The BBC are playing a dangerous game in pursuit of their agenda.
In answer to your second point; it depends upon what the person they are 'beating' has done. have you ever tried to cuff someone who is resisting arrest? It's not as easy as you seem to think.
Strange that the BBC aren't aware of the context of this but I have read comments from several forums from people who have seen the video just prior to and just after this incident. The video apparently shows what these 'youths' were up to that caused the police reaction and also shows that the miscreant was allowed to go after his 'disciplining' and will probably think twice before taunting the police again.
I suspect that the BBC had access to all the video but this section neatly satisfied their need to rubbish the Police.
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