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A disabled Air Force veteran this week voiced frustration with an MSNBC news crew for blocking handicapped parking spots outside of a polling site in Houston.
"Went to vote, and found this waiting for us," James Berrie, who has multiple sclerosis, wrote in a widely shared Facebook post. "The only van accessible spot and theyre filming in it. We asked them to move, pointed out how it was wrong, then went to vote, because it takes time to load up. But came out and still there. Not even packing up, still getting ready for their shot."
Berrie told a local CBS News affiliate that the MSNBC crew "kept coming back like, 'well move in two minutes.' "
'Well move in like three minutes. Were going live. Weve got a shot. Were going live in like three minutes. We gotta do this,' and were just like, 'No. You have to move. Its not right. You know its not right,'" Berrie told the outlet.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/414708-disabled-veteran-knocks-msnbc-crew-for-blocking-handicapped-spots-at-polling
MSNBC reporter Mariana Atencio later apologized on Twitter for the incident.
Link to tweet
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MineralMan
(146,320 posts)Call the cops on 'em. Clear them out. I don't care if it's MSNBC. I want people with disabilities to have full access to voting places.
TheBlackAdder
(28,210 posts).
It's perhaps the least threatening ticket a LEO can issue.
They can just place the ticket on the windshield of the car.
My daughter was in a nearby town's court, because some guy ran a stop sign and caused her accident.
Sitting there, we saw 4 or 5 cases, at over $400 a pop! Talk about an easy money-maker!
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Hermit-The-Prog
(33,380 posts)That's beyond rude; it's illegal. Those spaces are for people who NEED them.
marble falls
(57,136 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)bluestarone
(17,002 posts)What's the matter with them??
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,493 posts)Set a camera tripod right on top of the huge handicap logo, as if it were their private spotting marker.
They should be fined by police and reprimanded by their employer. Any of us certainly would be!......
nolabear
(41,989 posts)First, sensitive to the disabled. Second, aware how it can be used again and again. Just idiotic.
They apologized and did the right thing but, geez.
malaise
(269,103 posts)Shame on them
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)And let them know what I think about their actions. There is no reason for them to take the handicapped spaces
Mosby
(16,328 posts)Let me guess, everyone should be fired and mSNBC sued.
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Thank God someone is working to stop this scourge of media trucks parking in disabled spaces. Next time I see someone parking in a restricted space without a sticker I'm going to punch them right in the face.
Cerulean Southpaw
(32 posts)maybe not fired but there should be consequences besides just social media shaming and saying "oops sorry" on twitter.
JI7
(89,259 posts)JI7
(89,259 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)In this case, even more than that.
Joe941
(2,848 posts)lpbk2713
(42,763 posts)Apologies don't mean shit when spoken after the fact. The crew got
what they wanted and went on to ignore the rules somewhere else.
The camera being set up right on top of the handicap symbol looks
deliberate and is particularly offensive.