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Recent killing filmed on mobile handset?

Started by Ewan · 1 year ago

The Telegraph reports that the recent killing of this poor 17 year old chap might have been filmed, ‘happy-slap-style’, on a mobile phone — and that it’s been texted around. Setting aside the actual violence, it’s absolutely abhorrent that someone might also have been standing by, watching, with their cameraphone on record.

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  • issaham

    1 year ago

    This being filmed does not surprise me much. I know that as soon as a fight takes place the first thing teens (especially where I live in East London) think of is their mobile phone and its video camera. If I wanted to (I do not) I could probably catch the last few serious fights in and around my area on my handset via bluetooth. As for killing and sending it around that's just wrong. I wouldn't be too suprised if it were to happen in London, to be honest.
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  • Ewan

    1 year ago

    That's fascinating feedback, Issah!
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