Police fired rubber bullets and hurled stun grenades at the four journalists in Israel - Polidicks

Man i really fucked up the title [quote]JERUSALEM - Israeli police fired at crowd of Palestinian protesters and four journalists in east Jerusalem on Wednesday, including NBC News correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin’s team. The police fired rubber bullets and hurled stun grenades at the four who wore protective gear labelled "press” and shouted that they were journalists in Hebrew, English and Arabic. An NBC cameraman was bruised by shrapnel.[/quote] [url]http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/west-bank-kidnappings/journalists-nbc-team-caught-crossfire-east-jerusalem-n146386[/url]

Bastards.

So the police used unwarranted brutality? Sounds like business as usual.

This is really stupid, but they seem to have stopped after they said that they were journalists ... [video=youtube;IzK6S4uNZKc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzK6S4uNZKc[/video]

[QUOTE=FurrehFaux;45272696]So the Israeli police used unwarranted brutality? Sounds like business as usual.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Shreddinger;45272759]This is really stupid, but they seem to have stopped after they said that they were journalists ... [video=youtube;IzK6S4uNZKc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzK6S4uNZKc[/video][/QUOTE] Doesn't matter, always make sure what you're shooting at before you pull the trigger.

I have a hard time believing that they didn't know they were journalists to begin with. You are plastered in crap that screams "PRESS" at everything that looks at it.

[QUOTE=draugur;45273073]I have a hard time believing that they didn't know they were journalists to begin with. You are plastered in crap that screams "PRESS" at everything that looks at it.[/QUOTE] Why didn't they continue to shoot them after they said that they were journalists then?

[QUOTE=Shreddinger;45273086]Why didn't they continue to shoot them after they said that they were journalists then?[/QUOTE] Because they were harassing them. Harassing journalists without killing them is common in repressive countries.

[QUOTE=Starpluck;45273130]Because they were harassing them. Harassing journalists without killing them is common in repressive countries.[/QUOTE] That's an assumption, you're obviously going to be bias towards this side knowing you, so there's really no way for you to be sure.

[QUOTE=Shreddinger;45273148]That's an assumption, you're obviously going to be bias towards this side knowing you, so there's really not way for you to be sure.[/QUOTE] When there's a systematic pattern of members of the press being abused and detained in Israel, it is a fair assumption. Everything in the world, including Russia's crackdown on reporters is just "an assumption" to a degree if you're going to argue that.

[QUOTE] crowd of Palestinian protesters and four journalists[/QUOTE] Every journalist worth a damn knows that there is a risk by mingling between members of opposing groups during a confrontation.

[QUOTE=Shreddinger;45272759]This is really stupid, but they seem to have stopped after they said that they were journalists ... [video=youtube;IzK6S4uNZKc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzK6S4uNZKc[/video][/QUOTE] Yeah, they stopped after they realized they were being filmed. What kind-hearted and merciful people the Israeli police are..

[QUOTE=Lamar;45273246]Yeah, they stopped after they realized they were being filmed. What kind-hearted and merciful people the Israeli police are..[/QUOTE] [URL="http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/05/22/pkg-watson-4a-west-bank-teens-shot.cnn.html"]Go to 1:51[/URL]. After they kill the teenager, you can see them try to act slick by quickly glancing towards the camera for a second and then alerting the other soldiers to wrap the fuck up who then also quickly glance towards the camera and start packing. The ultimate defense to Israel's propaganda machine is a camera -- they would not be able to spin the killing of those teens if cameras were rolling (but still did anyways by saying it wasn't them who murdered the boy)

As far as i'm concerned Israel is undergoing an illegal occupation of Palestinian territories, and no one has the balls to do anything about it cause that is basically political suicide thanks to Israeli lobbyists.

[QUOTE=Shreddinger;45273148]That's an assumption, you're obviously going to be bias towards this side knowing you, so there's really no way for you to be sure.[/QUOTE] 95 percent of people who post in SH are biased to begin with.

[QUOTE=binkow;45285313]95 percent of people who post in SH are biased to begin with.[/QUOTE] I really can't believe how you can't be biased towards something, when I'm saying that someone is biased I'm not talking about the person generally but in a specific subject.

[QUOTE=Starpluck;45273130]Because they were harassing them. Harassing journalists without killing them is common in repressive countries.[/QUOTE] How are you still a mod? Everything about Israel has to be some kind of conspiracy to you, does it not?

[QUOTE]How are you still a mod? Everything about Israel has to be some kind of conspiracy to you, does it not? [/QUOTE] Other mods agree with him. SH is also a place where more obscure ideologies thrive. However, I won't forgive the leniency on Lamar's duplication of Shreddinger's thread. He admits he knew that he was late, but he duplicated the thread because Shreddinger's thread 'didn't do the event justice' despite the fact that he used his article's title.

[QUOTE=Marceline;45286325]Other mods agree with him. SH is also a place where more obscure ideologies thrive. However, I won't forgive the leniency on Lamar's duplication of Shreddinger's thread. He admits he knew that he was late, but he duplicated the thread because Shreddinger's thread [/quote] Actually I never saw Shreddinger's thread. When he complained that he made a thread earlier and linked to it, I told him his thread title sucked anyways. So you've either misinterpreted what I said or you're lying about me. [quote]'didn't do the event justice' despite the fact that he used his article's title.[/QUOTE] He said he copied the title from another forum, not from the article's title (after confronting him on what appeared to be selective wording on his part). So you've either misinterpreted something or you're lying again. [quote]I copied the name of title in the forum I found the article, [/quote]

[QUOTE=Antdawg;45285856]How are you still a mod? Everything about Israel has to be some kind of conspiracy to you, does it not?[/QUOTE] I don't think saying that soldiers harass journalists is a conspiracy theory.