Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Media reports on poor Middle Easterners arrested, leaves police's side last

So the media has reported about a couple of Middle Eastern men who have been arrested and charged following a scuffle with police.

As usual, the media tells the whole side of the 'poor misunderstood' Middle Eastern guy's story first, even interviewing him, before then showing the other side of the story.

Most police don't just start dragging people to the ground for no reason.

That area is known for its high Lebanese population and, interestingly enough, a person I was speaking to the other day who is also from Lebanon was telling me, when I asked had they gotten to know the Lebanese community, that the people they saw from Lebanon who now live in Melbourne were not typical of Lebanese and were, for lack of proper translation, the 'bogans' of Lebanon and not middle class or upper class.

I've met a few Lebanese people who were very nice, but the males in the area mentioned above tend to have a big chip on their shoulder, do whatever they want when they want and don't respect other people in their neighbourhood.

I'm aware that we get people like that from all backgrounds and it's the noisy ones who get the most attention, but this is more than that.  The Lebanese gentleman who lived next door to me was quiet, however he'd invite his extended family over on occasion (any night of the week!) and there'd be arguments, swearing and yelling until all hours of the morning.  It's possible that the quiet ones were trying to calm down the rest of their friends and family by association, but all we saw and heard was large groups hanging out the front of their house until all hours of the morning and even throwing stuff (like eggs) at my house.

Coming back to the original article, it's not hard a hard concept to understand: don't abuse people who have the authority to arrest you for that abuse!

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