Just a note to include and I might write an extended piece about this. It happened to many journalists. I had a press card. I had not interacted with police in any way during the coverage, I only reacted when I saw blatant discrimination.
dont get me wrong but if u already asscoiate with the other protest, they assume that you are not from the press. what did you use? did you have a real camera with a team? did u had a "presseausweiß". you have to know that you cant just scream "i am from the press" in germany. and last but not least, the last couple weeks germany had a lot of violent crime, police is more carefull after all its their duty to ensure that everything goes smooth and noone gets hurt and most importly can use their "meinungsfreiheit". i recommend u to get a real "presseausweis" for that you have to join a journalistgroup in germany
I'm not sure how I get you wrong if you incorrectly assume they acted this way because I didn't have a press pass, and then you go on to say that they can suspend press freedoms in order to ensure freedom of opinion, it doesn't make sense, but no matter. To answer your questions, though it's very clear in the video, I had a valid press card, and I did show him and they know i'm from the press and I had a camera and I was allowed to cover things and walk where all other press were. In that moment they had only picked some press and this didn't happen just to me, it happened to many people with valid press credentials. So basically you asked the question and in the end you assumed that I didn't have a press pass, which I don't blame you for, the only reasonable explanation is that I don't have one, but that's why this video is powerful, because I had one and they knew it and still discriminated against not just me but others as well. So it was only the person's private press allowed on the street it seems. Hope that answers your questions and please do send more recommendations as to what valid pressausweis holders should do when discriminated against having done nothing but film, comment and report.
@@WaelEskandar Don't you understand that your previous demeanor with police can afect how they react? Ofcourse they are going to let other people by that they see as "safer" in this kind of protests. This was a clash (Israel and Palestina) of two different protests. In my opinion it was not a matter of press freedom (there were multiple other journalists...) but a matter of safety. They have to prevent any problem from happening, even if this means not letting someone in because they see that that might cause a conflict.
@@sidi4552 Okay that's a bit of an ignorant comment. I don't think you understand how law and journalism and freedom of press work. Glad you're not in charge of anything related to that.
In this case based on those video cuts I would tend to side with the police, which appeared professional, polite and patient. If this video had shown their response to you showing them your press badge rather than cutting to a different timestamp altogether I might have a different opinion. Free Palestine.
I didn't want to bore you with the camera pointed to the ground, but I did cut to the non reaction and me saying still no answer. If you side with the police then you haven't been to a single protest where the words Free Palestine are said. If you follow anything at all about Berlin, you'll be ashamed of your comment.
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Just a note to include and I might write an extended piece about this. It happened to many journalists. I had a press card. I had not interacted with police in any way during the coverage, I only reacted when I saw blatant discrimination.
I had more experience that Palestinian activists were proportionately more aggressive and violent toward other-thinkers
Exactly. Because it's the people of the "religion of peace".
dont get me wrong but if u already asscoiate with the other protest, they assume that you are not from the press. what did you use? did you have a real camera with a team? did u had a "presseausweiß". you have to know that you cant just scream "i am from the press" in germany. and last but not least, the last couple weeks germany had a lot of violent crime, police is more carefull after all its their duty to ensure that everything goes smooth and noone gets hurt and most importly can use their "meinungsfreiheit". i recommend u to get a real "presseausweis" for that you have to join a journalistgroup in germany
A video with the intention to make the german police look bad while they are just doing their job as they should
I'm not sure how I get you wrong if you incorrectly assume they acted this way because I didn't have a press pass, and then you go on to say that they can suspend press freedoms in order to ensure freedom of opinion, it doesn't make sense, but no matter. To answer your questions, though it's very clear in the video, I had a valid press card, and I did show him and they know i'm from the press and I had a camera and I was allowed to cover things and walk where all other press were. In that moment they had only picked some press and this didn't happen just to me, it happened to many people with valid press credentials. So basically you asked the question and in the end you assumed that I didn't have a press pass, which I don't blame you for, the only reasonable explanation is that I don't have one, but that's why this video is powerful, because I had one and they knew it and still discriminated against not just me but others as well. So it was only the person's private press allowed on the street it seems. Hope that answers your questions and please do send more recommendations as to what valid pressausweis holders should do when discriminated against having done nothing but film, comment and report.
@@WaelEskandar Don't you understand that your previous demeanor with police can afect how they react? Ofcourse they are going to let other people by that they see as "safer" in this kind of protests. This was a clash (Israel and Palestina) of two different protests. In my opinion it was not a matter of press freedom (there were multiple other journalists...) but a matter of safety. They have to prevent any problem from happening, even if this means not letting someone in because they see that that might cause a conflict.
@@sidi4552 Okay that's a bit of an ignorant comment. I don't think you understand how law and journalism and freedom of press work. Glad you're not in charge of anything related to that.
In this case based on those video cuts I would tend to side with the police, which appeared professional, polite and patient. If this video had shown their response to you showing them your press badge rather than cutting to a different timestamp altogether I might have a different opinion. Free Palestine.
I didn't want to bore you with the camera pointed to the ground, but I did cut to the non reaction and me saying still no answer. If you side with the police then you haven't been to a single protest where the words Free Palestine are said. If you follow anything at all about Berlin, you'll be ashamed of your comment.
Today Germany is as criminal as in the past.
We boycott everything from Germany
Anyhow, no press was allowed inside 🤷🏻