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Re: Douche of the Day Thread
« Reply #120 on: October 22, 2015, 09:14:37 am »
Wow... just wow

Hungarian camerawoman fired after being filmed tripping refugees is suing Facebook — and the man she tripped



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The Hungarian camerawoman who lost her job after a video of her tripping and kicking refugees went viral said she will sue Facebook and the man she tripped.

Petra Laszlo was filming footage of police swarming a group of refugees when a Syrian father, carrying his young son in his arms, attempted to run through a gap between her and another cameraman. Laszlo is clearly seen sticking her leg out into the path of the refugee, who toppled to the ground with his son in his arms.

In other footage filmed soon after, a wave of refugees begins running in Laszlo’s direction and she’s seen kicking both a young girl and what appears to be a teenage boy.

Laszlo lost her job at Hungarian TV channel N1TV soon after the footage became viral. She’s facing a criminal trial in December for breach of peace, The Independent reports.


Camerawoman who tripped Syrian refugees launches (likely fruitless) battle against Internet rage




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There are a number of ways to establish infamy on the Internet, but almost all of them begin with a single phrase, photo or video clip. Often, it takes just one shareable link for a previously unknown individual to become a digital pariah.

Petra Laszlo learned this the hard way after she was caught on tape kicking Syrian refugees and tripping a man with a child in his arms as he fled a Hungarian camp in September. The Hungarian camerawoman, who was subsequently sacked from her position at N1TV, quickly became a symbol for Europe's harsh treatment of migrants attempting to escape the war in Syria.

While Laszlo apologized for her actions in a letter to a Hungarian newspaper later that week, there was little hope for salvaging her reputation. Enraged social media groups - among them a "Petra Laszlo Shame Wall" with over 10,000 likes on Facebook - were already dedicated to assailing her actions.

Having failed to garner sympathy in the court of public opinion, Laszlo told the Russian newspaper Izvestia on Wednesday that she plans to file lawsuits against both Facebook and Osama Abdul Mohsen, the refugee she tripped.

"[My husband and I] believe Facebook played a major role in my situation," Laszlo said, according to Al Jazeera. "It helped embitter people against me. . .It is now a matter of honor."

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