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This Ethiopian migrant trial 21:46 - Aug 26 with 1533 viewsZx1988

Would it be getting quite the same degree of coverage if it had been a white British chap from Stoke?

I absolutely despise our media sometimes.

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 21:52 - Aug 26 with 1468 viewstextbackup

Poor bloke doesn’t deserve such negative press.

A man told two 14-year-old girls eating pizza in a town centre that he "wanted to have a baby with them" and tried to kiss them, a court heard.

Kind of thing shouldn’t even make the news, it’s not like it’s awfully traumatic for those girls or their families.

Just let the poor guy be

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 21:56 - Aug 26 with 1414 viewsJ2BLUE

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 21:52 - Aug 26 by textbackup

Poor bloke doesn’t deserve such negative press.

A man told two 14-year-old girls eating pizza in a town centre that he "wanted to have a baby with them" and tried to kiss them, a court heard.

Kind of thing shouldn’t even make the news, it’s not like it’s awfully traumatic for those girls or their families.

Just let the poor guy be


Bless him

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 21:57 - Aug 26 with 1415 viewsZx1988

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 21:52 - Aug 26 by textbackup

Poor bloke doesn’t deserve such negative press.

A man told two 14-year-old girls eating pizza in a town centre that he "wanted to have a baby with them" and tried to kiss them, a court heard.

Kind of thing shouldn’t even make the news, it’s not like it’s awfully traumatic for those girls or their families.

Just let the poor guy be


I'm not condoning any of what he's alleged to have done. It's pretty clear, though, that the same national coverage would not be afforded to the trial of a white British man on similar charges.

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 21:58 - Aug 26 with 1371 viewsJ2BLUE

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 21:57 - Aug 26 by Zx1988

I'm not condoning any of what he's alleged to have done. It's pretty clear, though, that the same national coverage would not be afforded to the trial of a white British man on similar charges.


I hadn't heard a thing about it until this thread.

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 22:02 - Aug 26 with 1337 viewsZx1988

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 21:58 - Aug 26 by J2BLUE

I hadn't heard a thing about it until this thread.


Been the lead article on BBC news updates all day.

I'd like to think it's a pure coincidence that Führage's launch of his new 'send the b*ggers back' policy has happened on the same day as this...

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 22:03 - Aug 26 with 1313 viewsJ2BLUE

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 22:02 - Aug 26 by Zx1988

Been the lead article on BBC news updates all day.

I'd like to think it's a pure coincidence that Führage's launch of his new 'send the b*ggers back' policy has happened on the same day as this...


Don't worry, i'm sure you'll be contributing to his legal aid.

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 21:57 - Aug 26 by Zx1988

I'm not condoning any of what he's alleged to have done. It's pretty clear, though, that the same national coverage would not be afforded to the trial of a white British man on similar charges.


News reports on bad guy.

I see no issue with this, whatever the colour or nationality.

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This Ethiopian migrant trial (n/t) on 22:34 - Aug 26 with 1135 viewsBruin56

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 22:35 - Aug 26 with 1127 viewsBruin56

Sorry down voted you by mistake
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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 23:07 - Aug 26 with 1013 viewsreusersfreekicks

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 21:52 - Aug 26 by textbackup

Poor bloke doesn’t deserve such negative press.

A man told two 14-year-old girls eating pizza in a town centre that he "wanted to have a baby with them" and tried to kiss them, a court heard.

Kind of thing shouldn’t even make the news, it’s not like it’s awfully traumatic for those girls or their families.

Just let the poor guy be


Err that's not the point of the OP
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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 23:10 - Aug 26 with 986 viewsreusersfreekicks

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 22:03 - Aug 26 by J2BLUE

Don't worry, i'm sure you'll be contributing to his legal aid.


So his legal aid bad
White British bloke in same situation ok?
Never had you down as one of that crowd
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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 23:23 - Aug 26 with 908 viewsLibero

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 22:06 - Aug 26 by textbackup

News reports on bad guy.

I see no issue with this, whatever the colour or nationality.


I think the issue is that these kind of scumbags who harass young girls are ten a penny and while their behaviour as a group is totally unacceptable, this one appears to have gained particular attention due to his immigration status and is being used to justify the kind of xenophobic/racist views that over the last year has spurred multiple riots fulled by the far right.
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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 23:49 - Aug 26 with 839 viewsJ2BLUE

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 23:10 - Aug 26 by reusersfreekicks

So his legal aid bad
White British bloke in same situation ok?
Never had you down as one of that crowd


My post above was just me being silly in response to the OP's desperate attempt to create drama.

Of course I understand why we have legal aid. If found guilty, he should be on the first plane back home. A British man, colour not important when people are not trying to create something which isn't there, could obviously not be deported from his country of birth.

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 01:08 - Aug 27 with 731 viewsJoey_Joe_Joe_Junior

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 01:40 - Aug 27 with 689 viewsJoey_Joe_Joe_Junior

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 23:49 - Aug 26 by J2BLUE

My post above was just me being silly in response to the OP's desperate attempt to create drama.

Of course I understand why we have legal aid. If found guilty, he should be on the first plane back home. A British man, colour not important when people are not trying to create something which isn't there, could obviously not be deported from his country of birth.


It’s unreal isn’t it.

Imagine reading a disturbing article about a trial and this is your first thought.

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 05:16 - Aug 27 with 609 viewsSuperKieranMcKenna

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 23:10 - Aug 26 by reusersfreekicks

So his legal aid bad
White British bloke in same situation ok?
Never had you down as one of that crowd


I thought he was being facetious- given the apparent greater concern for the alleged criminal than his victims.

Bit of a no win situation- if it wasn’t reported (and I’ve not seen a lot about it) it’s just going to fuel all the conspiracy/two tier nonsense.
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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 07:17 - Aug 27 with 415 viewstextbackup

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 23:07 - Aug 26 by reusersfreekicks

Err that's not the point of the OP


I know. But I found it a rather silly post, so gave a rather silly answer

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 08:00 - Aug 27 with 260 viewsblueasfook

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 22:35 - Aug 26 by Bruin56

Sorry down voted you by mistake


I downvoted on purpose.

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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 08:25 - Aug 27 with 172 viewsKievthegreat

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 05:16 - Aug 27 by SuperKieranMcKenna

I thought he was being facetious- given the apparent greater concern for the alleged criminal than his victims.

Bit of a no win situation- if it wasn’t reported (and I’ve not seen a lot about it) it’s just going to fuel all the conspiracy/two tier nonsense.


Thing is, no one expressed any genuine concerns for the alleged attacker. Texters and J2 expressed extremely sarcastic sympathy, but that's it.

Genuine concern for the attacker just doesn't exist anywhere in this thread and I haven't seen anywhere on this board. So where is this "greater concern for the alleged criminal than his victims"?

There will be a dozen equivalent cases to this one going through court you'll likely never hear about. The only reason you're hearing about this one is the protests. I agree it's a no win because you either amplify it beyond all other equivalent cases or you get accused of burying it.

If you want to judge the media. The fact is that the coverage of the protests make this court case newsworthy now. The problem is the media have massively over hyped some tiny protests beforehand. What other protest could arrange a couple of thousand people in half a dozen cities and get rolling press coverage?
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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 08:29 - Aug 27 with 152 viewsBluefields

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 22:06 - Aug 26 by textbackup

News reports on bad guy.

I see no issue with this, whatever the colour or nationality.


Why are they not reporting in the same way on the guy from Grange Hill/Londons Burning. It would appear it was far worse.
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This Ethiopian migrant trial on 08:36 - Aug 27 with 122 viewstextbackup

This Ethiopian migrant trial on 08:29 - Aug 27 by Bluefields

Why are they not reporting in the same way on the guy from Grange Hill/Londons Burning. It would appear it was far worse.


Might be best to ask them

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