Some excellent thoughts on @fortyfs twitter feed about National Post's terrible coverage of Gregory Alan Elliott legal case.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
National Post's energy is on proving that the victims of the alleged harassment are flawed individuals, unworthy of sympathy & protection
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This is of course a classic defense tactic in criminal justice cases, blaming the victim or casting aspersions on victim.
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One of the Post's authors, Christie Blatchford, rather specializes in this kind of approach to writing about criminal justice matters.
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Anyone familiar with Blatchford's writings will know that a big question for her is: are alleged victims "good" people deserving sympathy.
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It doesn't take much to go from being a "good" victim to being a "bad" victim in Blatchford's eyes. Criticizing cops, for one, is a no-no.
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@shawnmicallef Prime example was in 1994 when Canadian custom's guards sexually harassed Jamaican immigrants at Pearson & CB defended.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
@monicarooney @shawnmicallef I'll have to dig it up at some point. I remember it because it caused huge stink in Jamaican-Canadian community
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