Suspect whacked inside tricycle notes of Student #17

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notes posted by By Student # 17 Blog entry #1
July 11, 2007Quote “Violence in the news

Quote “Violence in any form is strictly prohibited from being shown on television especially during the news, a provision that was clearly stated in the code of ethics for television. But on Monday night, July 09, ABS-CBN seemed to have neglected about this. During their program, TV Patrol, one of their field reporters, Roland Castro, covered the story of a hold-up in Batasan Hills. It was shown in the news report how the suspect was caught by the police. But when they were on the way to the police station, the complainant, who was with the police when the arrest happened, punched the suspect while he was inside the tricycle. And when they reached the police station, the complainant hit the suspect again while he was in hand cuffs. It was evident in the suspect’s face that he was hurt by the punch of the complainant but he could do nothing about it.

Quote “Nevertheless, the police made efforts to calm the complainant down.

Quote “Even if many would think that what the complainant did was normal for someone who was angry, the act of punching shouldn’t still be shown in the news. It might send the audience the wrong idea that it is okay to hit a person because he did something wrong. It led the audience into thinking that the suspect deserved to be punched because of the crime he committed. People must understand that even if they are criminals, they still have human rights and that they should be treated fairly. They do not deserve to be hit or punched around especially on national television.” Closed-quote.