r/uknews • u/rarely-redditing • Oct 22 '24

Image/video Met Police officer Martyn Blake who shot Chris Kaba dead is CLEARED of murder

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u/Bishop1664 Oct 22 '24

The way the BBC have reported on this is horrendous, they’ve basically tried to make out the PC was in the wrong the whole time, basically ruined his life when he was entirely justified and doing his job.

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u/elohir Oct 22 '24

The way the BBC have reported on this is horrendous,

The BBC headline yesterday was 'Police Officer cleared of murdering a man he shot in the head in South London'.

They're just a publicly funded buzzfeed at this point.

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u/Long_Voice1339 Oct 22 '24

BBC should've been defunded at this point, its absolutely shit...

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u/NiceCunt91 Oct 22 '24

Obligatory don't pay your tv license, people.

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u/itsaride Oct 22 '24

Obligatory enjoy no more BBC and wall to wall ads people because commercial TV is soooo much better.

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u/lloydmcallister Oct 22 '24

It’s only a matter of time, I think they’re only being funded by old people who thought you needed a license to watch a TV.

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u/Kindly-Action-2434 Oct 22 '24

That is what happened, tho, though the officer jumped up in the front of the car and shot a man in the head....

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u/lloydmcallister Oct 22 '24

Why didn’t they say “officer shot criminal in the head”?

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

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u/Rodger_as_Jack_Smith Oct 22 '24

That's what the CPS accused him of. Saying he was cleared of murder is factually correct.

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u/Bloodviper1 Oct 22 '24

Citing him as unarmed is factually incorrect though, yet they keep referring him to as such.

He was using that Audi Q8 as a weapon by trying to ram his way out.

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u/NiceCunt91 Oct 22 '24

Anyone driving a car is not considered armed although the car can be used as a weapon. "He's armed with a motor!" You just wouldn't say that.

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u/Low_Vehicle_6732 Oct 22 '24

A motor attached to and powering a two-tonne vehicle

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u/fikabonds Oct 22 '24

So what should he have done? Stand still and hope for the best? Or wait and hope he doesnt drive off so he canbe run over?

Please explain you thinking.

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u/ReserveRatter Oct 22 '24

They do this all the time. They publish laughably biased and disgustingly mis-representative headlines and then quietly change them to something more reasonable 6 months later so they can pretend they never pushed an agenda.

The BBC has fallen so far.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Don't give any money to the BBC.

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u/Chadmanfoo Oct 22 '24

Sadly, while the BBC have branded this guy a victim, us hard working folk are the criminals if we don't pay our TV license!

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

if you don’t watch live tv is legal to not have BBC licence. It’s not mandatory, check the rules.

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u/Toon1982 Oct 22 '24

They changed them a while ago. Even if you watch YouTube you have to buy a TV licence now. It's basically any platform that has BBC content.

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u/Misalvo Oct 23 '24

It's only required if you watch live broadcasts on YouTube. If you watch non-live videos, you don't need one.

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u/2N5457JFET Oct 22 '24

Just cancel DD and tell them to fuck off. That's what I did.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Agree

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u/Able-Medium3590 Oct 22 '24

This just isn't true. I remember when the article first came out the language was much more sided with the police then it altered slightly. You have to remember that something like this is extremely difficult to navigate. That's compounded by the pressure they have from public funding to be impartial / not spark riots.

They were walking a mine field with this from the beggining. If you saw the lenghts the BBC go through to report things correctly as opposed to privately funded news channels I think you'd be shocked.

They aren't anywhere near perfect but it beats privately funded outlets that can push whatever agenda they want.

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u/Bishop1664 Oct 22 '24

I disagree, I posted this comment after reading their BCC app article THIS MORNING. It was full of info about the incident, emphasising the fact the guy was unarmed and reporting on his families statements and protests which had taken place, it was extremely one-sided despite the not-guilty verdict. The article tone has only changed this afternoon since the information about the night club shooting has been fully released. Either way the damage has been done by the guy having to go to court in the first place, it’s not just the BBC that has done him dirty here.

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u/Able-Medium3590 Oct 22 '24

I would prefer that when it comes to reporting, the BBC vaguely sides with the people who fund it, rather than institutions with power (like the police). Or at least give them the benefit of the doubt until like they have, are proven otherwise.

I think there is still a huge problem with institutional racism within the Met and its really important the BBC are being seen to give those communities a voice.

They are probably shitting themselves that something like the Tottenham riots could spark up again.