samuelyeboah
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All the Jewish schools are closed today anyway as it's Yom Kippur but this is the sort of threat they have to live with every single school day. I need a photo pass to get past security at the school my little granddaughters go to. They're 3 and 5.Yes I know, but she is on the other side of Salford. :-) One of my daughters lives about half a mile from Heaton Park area as well. I'm guessing that the police are covering all the adjoining areas as a precaution. :-)
its on BBC website now.Saw the video can’t get my head around the idiot stood at the fence watching as armed police think he may have a bomb, get the fuck away you bellends.
it doesn't help those caught up in this horrific incident today, but these incidents are still very rare in this country.THe question is not ' why did this happen?...but 'why doesn't this happen more often?...the Crumpsall / Cheetham Hill / Higher Broughton areas are either a pretty good example of different cultures living alongside each other in pretty good harmony, or a powder keg.
I had exactly the same thought. Rather than standing around swearing and filming I think I would have been inclined to move away fastSaw the video can’t get my head around the idiot stood at the fence watching as armed police think he may have a bomb, get the fuck away you bellends.
Echoed my sentiments exactly. Utterly horrific, and for Mancunians it will always hit harder when it happens in Manchester.Thoughts and love to the families and friends who have lost their loved ones. So sad for them and for our Jewish community. So sad for beautiful, diverse Manchester, where people of all religions and races live side by side together peacefully.
There's a difference between filming a drunken thug being thrown off a plane and filming someone lying dead on the pavement. I can't speak for everybody, because human nature is fickle; but I know within myself, if somebody was bleeding out I wouldn't pick up my phone to start filming it. That takes a warped mind, in my view.They don’t do it for clicks, they do it instinctively. The younger generation in the main. Like that **** getting booted off the plain the other day, pretty much 3/4 of the passengers are aiming their phones at him. It’s pure instinct for some.
It looked as though the lad filming was in a vehicle and unable to drive away, doesn't explain him filming but other than bailing out of his vehicle he was stuck there.I had exactly the same thought. Rather than standing around swearing and filming I think I would have been inclined to move away fast
@Zabbasbeard I confess that this post made me cry. Our beautiful Manchester as you say is so diverse. We've lived together side by side. I cannot comprehend why. xThoughts and love to the families and friends who have lost their loved ones. So sad for them and for our Jewish community. So sad for beautiful, diverse Manchester, where people of all religions and races live side by side together peacefully.
Me neither, I like to think I would've got out and tried to help the person on the ground, even though, from the footage it appeared they were beyond help.There's a difference between filming a drunken thug being thrown off a plane and filming someone lying dead on the pavement. I can't speak for everybody, because human nature is fickle; but I know within myself, if somebody was bleeding out I wouldn't pick up my phone to start filming it. That takes a warped mind, in my view.
I would have abandoned my car then! I dare say the footage could be used as evidence in any enquiry (albeit the officers body cam would show the same story)It looked as though the lad filming was in a vehicle and unable to drive away, doesn't explain him filming but other than bailing out of his vehicle he was stuck there.
He did say he was going to get out at one point but it all happened so quickly.
I wouldn’t either, I was just using that as an example of how people don’t think anymore, it’s completely second nature to pull out a phone and start recording - whatever the incident maybe.There's a difference between filming a drunken thug being thrown off a plane and filming someone lying dead on the pavement. I can't speak for everybody, because human nature is fickle; but I know within myself, if somebody was bleeding out I wouldn't pick up my phone to start filming it. That takes a warped mind, in my view.
That really hits home. Terror for children that young.The shutters went down at her school. She said the kids were crying because it went dark before they switched class lights on.
These are 5 year olds.
No argument from me, just pointing out he was in a vehicle as opposed to standing around filming.I would have abandoned my car then! I dare say the footage could be used as evidence in any enquiry (albeit the officers body cam would show the same story)
I said the sameits on BBC website now.