Howdata Can Be Manipulated To Aid Interpretation

assault a fan of brass knuckles

course, the assault of a young man in central Paris is dramatic. Of course, if the attack is anti-Semitic or racist, it is even more outrageous.

In contrast, the media circus that is taking place within hours of opening on the TV news business for 24 hours, crisis intervention policies ... all this causes some discomfort.

For example, it takes a little digging to find this AFP reproduced on the Libération website:

The young Jew, violently attacked Saturday in the Buttes-Chaumont, Paris (XIX) had been arrested "after incidents of sectarian" with another group of youths of North African origin, 9 December 2007. The brawl took place on the sidelines of an event at Bercy in Paris, for Hanukkah, the Jewish celebration of year end.
The teenager had been placed in custody with three friends. He and his comrades had been found carrying brass knuckles and "other weapons of defense." They were not detained.

Legal proceedings had been opened for these facts is "ongoing," said the source.
Furthermore, the source said, General Information (RG) reported in notes and reports of "several sharp tensions and incidents of community, since 2006, particularly in Buttes-Chaumont, where the young man was beaten to blows with an iron bar .

That is not necessarily as media-catching as the assertion that the victim "was attacked because he wore a yarmulke ... ". This mention of "several sharp tensions and incidents of community" also appears in an interview Lubavitch Rabbi Mendel Samara :

week, everything goes well. However, on weekends, during the Sabbath, the Buttes-Chaumont, and especially the park becomes quite difficult. The eyes of different gangs intersect. This permanent tension makes possible slippage. Especially since there is animosity caused by frustration, misunderstandings and lack of dialogue in this area. According to Le Figaro

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Speaking through its president, Raphael Haddad, UEJF is "very concerned" by fighting repeatedly in recent weeks between gangs, including the Parc des Buttes Chaumont.

gangs? A Jewish youth already arrested with brass knuckles, beaten near the Buttes Chaumont Saturday evening, a local rabbi stating that during the Sabbath, in the district, organized gangs distrust?

must read the policy statements for 24 hours, you should see the media emotion, observe these "special envoys" of newspapers TVs at the bedside of the young lover of brass knuckles (literally: they are mailed before the hospital and we infoment, hour by hour, his condition). You must see this and compare: with the almost total blackout of the possibility of consequences confrontation between a band organized Jewish (like Betar, JDL ...) and other gangs (even indirect consequence: if a small group or type Betar JDL rampant in the neighborhood, unfortunately, every Jew becomes a target for nerds d 'in front), or with the lack of response (or media circus) follows other attacks in Paris (the two-tier media outrage is certainly an aggravating factor at this kind of tension, each dreaming in "Defense League" Community are involved).

[Added 23 hours Monday night] Posted by a forum participant, this AFP :

The owner of a bar-tabac near the scene of the attack spoke Monday on RTL a "settling of accounts between small bands" rather than an antisemitic attack. "At around 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., there is a group of young Jews who arrived, they were about twenty that are directed towards the square at street level and that Small went directly assaulting the young and then later he followed was a rather violent altercation, "said the man, who did not give his name but said he was a direct witness of the scene.

"There were streams of objects, I was there going down my shutters for fear that my window was damaged, they are all saved, presumably they would have left one of their friends on shore, "he added.

Published at about the same time (22 hours) a note from Reuters suggests that the media frenzy is turning around, "Uncertainties after the assault of a young Jew in Paris .

[Added Tuesday, 10h] Brief of Figaro : the "demonstration for Chanukah" is not exactly a religious celebration:

On December 9, Rudy had participated in a demonstration in the Parc de Bercy in Paris in support of three Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah. After the rally, he was arrested for "armed assault by destination" and placed in custody. It would be subject to judicial review.

Breaking the gook after a demonstration against Hezbollah, it is not exactly my idea of the festival, but ... Le Figaro said:

According to informed sources, it is close to the Jewish Defense League as Betar, what these movements to defend themselves.