Outrage of the Day: Hungarian Journalist Fired After Caught On Tape Tripping, Kicking Refugees
Hungarian journalist Petra Laszlo
has reportedly been fired after a video surfaced on social media of her appearing to trip a fleeing refugee carrying a child.
Freelance journalist Stephan Richter tweeted the video, which shows the incident, in the Hungarian border town of Röszke as dozens of Syrian refugees fled a nearby camp.
Lage in #Roeszke #Hungary weiter schlimm - Polizei überfordert - Flüchtlinge durchbrechen Polizeikette - Verletzte! pic.twitter.com/GlMGqGwABb
— Stephan Richter (@RichterSteph) September 8, 2015Laszlo was also allegedly captured on film kicking another refugee during the same incident.
A Facebook post from Laszlo's employer, N1TV, says that the station fired a cameraman. But the name of the employee was not given.
Reaction to the videos was swift on social media, with many people condemning her alleged actions.
It's people like #PetraLászló that make me loose faith in humanity.
— Seifo (@seifo92) September 8, 2015
A camerawoman tripping a refugee dad running w child is the most disgusting thing I've seen in a while.#migrantcrisis #Roszke #PetraLaszlo
— Eniko (@enikotsz) September 8, 2015
To shameful trolls who're defending #PetraLaszlo: Since when tripping a #refugee when he was running whilst holding his child is good thing?
— Fuad Alakbarov (@DrAlakbarov) September 8, 2015