Jody McIntyre, a 20-year-old student with cerebral palsy, attended a demonstration in London against the recent increase in student tuition fees. Pictures appeared on TV showing police officers pulling him out of his wheelchair and dragging him across the road.
He was interviewed on the BBC. The interviewer received criticism for his line of questioning that suggested Jody was a threat to dozens of armed police officers.
Here are some of the questions the BBC interviewer asked Jody McIntrye. Watch the video below and write down the answers.
a. The police say you haven’t made any kind of complaint. So… why not?
b. There’s a suggestion that you were rolling towards the police in your wheelchair. Is that true?
c. In the Observer newspaper you were described as a cyber-radical and you were quoted as saying that you want to build a revolutionary movement and that can only happen through direct action on the streets. Do you classify yourself as a revolutionary?
d. Were you throwing anything at all at the police during that day?
e. Did you shout anything provocative or throw anything that would have induced the police to [attack] you?
Post-listening discussion:
What did you think of Jody’s answers?
What did you think of the interviewer’s questions?
What three adjectives best describe Jody? Why?
What three adjectives best describe the interviewer? Why
If Jody and the interviewer met again in private, what do you think they’d say to each other?
Send me the answers to the 10 questions on a Word document to my usual email address javiprofeingles@hotmail.com
Javier
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