US police car rams innocent bystanders......

[Jaykaybi]

...is what I think we’re supposed to react to, from the headline.
What shocking, abysmal reporting from.... oh wait.

BBC said:

US police vehicle ploughs into crowd

Yeah actually a crowd of people surrounded a cop car, containing a fearful cop, and started trashing it. Video evidence corroborates. Crowd is clearly supportive of, or enthused by the act. Cop does the smart thing and hoofs it rather than have the proverbial shyte beat out of him/her. Crowd members get hurt. Then crowd members act shocked. Next up: victim compensation.

But at least the article goes on to remind us all that

the BBC article said:

...The incident comes at a time of rising anger over the use of excessive force by police in the US.

Honestly I believe this kind of disingenuous, weasely, presumptive, biased reporting is doing so much harm. I hope something comes out to prove that I’m wrong and the media is being fair and balanced, I’d rather be embarrassed. If not, why not say ‘crowd vandalising police vehicle and threatening the safety/life of the police officer inside suffer unpleasant yet predictable consequences’? Why present the police as being in the wrong, especially if/when not all the facts are 100% known?

Also: wow, America. What a place.

Source:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-5578892...

[ReallyReallyGood]

Agree. It’s barely news, in a foreign country, and yet on the front page.

[rodericb]

I'm confused - are we supposed to hate or love the police now? I thought after heroically containing that violent and armed insurgency at the Capitol Building by murderous Trump supporters the police were now good...??

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Its the BBC.

[Electro1980]

Jaykaybi said:

...is what I think we’re supposed to react to, from the headline.
What shocking, abysmal reporting from.... oh wait.

BBC said:

US police vehicle ploughs into crowd

Yeah actually a crowd of people surrounded a cop car, containing a fearful cop, and started trashing it. Video evidence corroborates. Crowd is clearly supportive of, or enthused by the act. Cop does the smart thing and hoofs it rather than have the proverbial shyte beat out of him/her. Crowd members get hurt. Then crowd members act shocked. Next up: victim compensation.

But at least the article goes on to remind us all that

the BBC article said:

...The incident comes at a time of rising anger over the use of excessive force by police in the US.

Honestly I believe this kind of disingenuous, weasely, presumptive, biased reporting is doing so much harm. I hope something comes out to prove that I’m wrong and the media is being fair and balanced, I’d rather be embarrassed. If not, why not say ‘crowd vandalising police vehicle and threatening the safety/life of the police officer inside suffer unpleasant yet predictable consequences’? Why present the police as being in the wrong, especially if/when not all the facts are 100% known?

Also: wow, America. What a place.

Source:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-5578892...

The video appears to show a police officer flooring it in a crowd. What’s unclear is why he seems to smash his foot in to the floor rather than accelerating with more care.

[Spidersleg]

Electro1980 said:

The video appears to show a police officer flooring it in a crowd. What’s unclear is why he seems to smash his foot in to the floor rather than accelerating with more care.

So you would slowly creep forward allowing the nice people chance to move out the way?!
Get a grip.

[anonymous-user]

Hugo Stiglitz said:

Its the BBC.

Strange how BBC bashing is a sport
When every other news channel reported it in much the same way.
Weird.

[AJL308]

Electro1980 said:

The video appears to show a police officer flooring it in a crowd. What’s unclear is why he seems to smash his foot in to the floor rather than accelerating with more care.

Fear might be a reasonable conclusion. Obviously we don't know the full facts as to why the officer did that but if the commentary is correct then his actions, on the face of it, seem reasonable. I am constantly staggered by the number of people, especially Americans for some reason, who seem to think that they have a perfect right to antagonise the police and then express surprise when they or their mates get shot, hit, Tazered, or in this case run over. I mean, logically what tf did a bunch of people attending an illegal and obviously dangerous event think might happen when the cops turned up and why tf did they think it a clever idea to surround a police car and put the occupants in fear of their safety?

[Bathroom_Security]

Jimboka said:

Strange how BBC bashing is a sport
When every other news channel reported it in much the same way.
Weird.

I think we expect more from the BBC thats all

[mrporsche]

Bathroom_Security said:

Jimboka said:

Strange how BBC bashing is a sport
When every other news channel reported it in much the same way.
Weird.

I think we expect more from the BBC thats all

the most watched/used news source in the UK.

[320d is all you need]

Jimboka said:

Hugo Stiglitz said:

Its the BBC.

Strange how BBC bashing is a sport
When every other news channel reported it in much the same way.
Weird.

Have to say my opinion of the BBC is very much stir up as much as possible while remaining "impartial" and of course fully funded by the UK individuals.

[cqueen]

Why do people always say "Well all the other news outlets do it, why pick on the BBC?"

The BBC is basically our trusted state broadcaster (which the people are forced to fund) and yet look at what it has turned into! The flaws in the BBC are so clear for all to see, why don't they hurry the fk up and fix it?

[anonymous-user]

Illegal street racing , blocking roads , police attend and are attacked , mob injured as police withdraw for own safety ?

Suppose that’s too long and not a snappy headline lol.

[TheInternet]

Jaykaybi said:

...is what I think we’re supposed to react to, from the headline.

No it isn't, that's you going out of your way to be outraged.

[poo at Paul's]

Play stupid games.

Remember the guy in the Range River that ploughed through the mob of bikers? Not guilty iirc, feared for his safety.

[TheInternet]

Jaykaybi said:

Yeah actually a crowd of people surrounded a cop car, containing a fearful cop, and started trashing it. Video evidence corroborates.

Link to video of people trashing the police car please.

[p4cks]

The BBC should be role-modelling the right way to report, not follow in the footsteps of the Daily Mail.

[AJL308]

TheInternet said:

Jaykaybi said:

Yeah actually a crowd of people surrounded a cop car, containing a fearful cop, and started trashing it. Video evidence corroborates.

Link to video of people trashing the police car please.

The one imbedded in the article has a commentary from the guy doing the filming. He says that they were hitting the cop car. Perhaps "trashing" is a bit inaccurate but it would seem reasonable that that is how it may have ended up. Why are people having so much trouble with the concept that if you go out to antagonise the police then it's very likely not to end well for you? I just don't get it.

[TheInternet]

Jaykaybi said:

why not say ‘crowd vandalising police vehicle and threatening the safety/life of the police officer inside suffer unpleasant yet predictable consequences’?

Because it would be tainted with partiality, incorrect, insensitive, too long, and grammatically substandard. The BBC headline is none of those things.

[AJL308]

TheInternet said:

Jaykaybi said:

why not say ‘crowd vandalising police vehicle and threatening the safety/life of the police officer inside suffer unpleasant yet predictable consequences’?

Because it would be tainted with partiality, incorrect, insensitive, too long, and grammatically substandard. The BBC headline is none of those things.

Well, technically if the commentary is correct it didn't plough into the crowd, it ploughed out of it as it was surrounded at the time. The BBC headline is therefore incorrect and gives a false impression of what happened.