Holland; where a judge can hit a camera man
>from Telegraaf.nl
Geen Stijl.…. kind of news webpage – with a taste of humor… or more non humor….
They went to a place with a lot of office building (like the Fortis bank)….. and the reporter (Rutger) is asking all kinds of “suit people” about the financial crisis…..
Totally not my style……. (uh…. “Geen Stijl” – also is translated into “no style”……)…… stupid interviews. But at the end of the different interviews it is getting interesting…. They ask a older person if they can ask him questions… man is asking about the microphone and is for whom they are filming….. But then – out of no where… the older man is hitting the camera man with an umbrella….. And after he (the older person) even said it is a public place – he hits the camera man again…. and walks away….
Okay…… Stuff happens uh…??
BUT after investigation – it appeared that this man is a Judge….. Not just a Judge…… he is vice president of the Court in Amsterdam…..
Afterwards he said “he was sorry – and he is willing to pay the damage…..”
about 6200 Euro…..
Saying sorry and pay a little amount…??
Uh…. what are we doing with people who hit other people…?? Just let them say “sorry”…??? What about;
- a night in jail…???
- send him to a course about “how to behave….”….??
- make him clean the streets……
- make him go to schools and give lecture about “violence”….

Let’s see how this plays out. I read that GeenStijl is going to press charges, it’s going to be interesting to see if a colleague judge will do the right thing…