Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Getting our priorities right

So, somebody posts a video on YouTube which was shot in the High Court. You're not allowed to film inside courts so they've been arrested. And yet, several months ago, my 15 year old niece was beaten up, it was filmed, no doubt posted on something similar to YouTube and her attacker was allowed to get off unpunished. Not just unpunished, unquestioned. The police didn't know the name of the girl who did it. So my sister used all her detection skills and after 10 minutes had the name and address of the perpetrator of the violent assault. Still, nothing happened. It's okay, it seems to beat a young girl practically to a pulp but not okay to break some ancient diktat about letting the public see what goes on in OUR courts. He shouldn't have done it but it hardly compares does it?
Posted by Anne McLaughlin AKA IndyGal at 23:02:22 | Permanent Link | Comments (1) |
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1 - I think it's more to do with the context. Was it not a high profile murder case? It also seemed to be filmed purely to glorify the perpetrators of the crime. The resulting public/media outcry would have been significant factors in having the person filming the scene being convicted.

Sorry to hear about your neice. Sounds like Police incompetence/apathy to me. Deeply depressing.

the ill man (Comment this)

Written by: the ill man at 2007/11/08 - 14:26:22
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