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   Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 05:12:35 JST Flick ??

   https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/mark-rowleys-mic-grab-sets-a-dreadful-example-to-police-officers/

   Yes, he did. And it was beyond inappropriate. For the most powerful cop in the country to manhandle an instrument of journalism, to try to physically prevent a reporter from recording something, sends a terrible message. Will Sir Mark’s lower-downs now behave likewise? Will they take their cue from the big man and grab and discard the kit of any journalist who asks them a pesky question?

   It felt like a mask-off moment. It seemed to reveal a haughty disregard on the part of Sir Mark, and perhaps the Met more broadly, for the right of reporters to interrogate people in power. Rowley didn’t say anything, but he didn’t need to. His lunging for the mic and his puffed-up demeanour said it all: ‘I’m not speaking to a lowlife like you.’

   https://archive.ph/55U1b

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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 05:12:35 JST djsumdog

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     Those things aren't cheap .. that was probably a £200 ~ £300 microphone he just stole.