The media have no reason or value to be present at the scene of
the funeral as there is no news value unless you are some VIP.
So, it is not a case of right.
It is easy to comment that the friends are the cause of some one
death when some fight happened.
Put yourself in their shoe, would you stay behind to be chopped
or would you run for your life ?
No one in his sane mind would stay behind.
Oh after being the centre of attraction in a gang related
staring incident even his corpse is a piece of news. i wouldn;t be
surprise and ha no right to use mild force to stop the media if
they stop me and film me on the street interviewing me on trends or
happenings in town. unless i politely tell them verbally that i
wish not to be filmed or my identity masked. My firends if i have
with me has no right to stop the medis on the street unless i
personally instructed them to help or tell the media directly that
i donot wished to be interviewed. morover the meda was fliming the
procession not the freinds and like i wrote unless the family asked
the frinends to go over and keep the procession videography at a
safe distance then the friedns has got no right to stop any media.
Only the immediate family members has the right to request media
not to come too near for filiming or obstruct the procession. NO IT
IS NOT A CASE OF RIGHT.
It is easy to comment but it is even easier to avoid such
unwanted problem if you get the right friends.
If i put myself in their shoes sure i will run. but please if
you itend to run at least don;t publish all over the internet your
blogs about gangs, ethics, brotherhood, loyalty and friends
kinship. if they are really true friends, they will stay behind and
fight like a man even with no weapon in hand. see all the recent
'gang' news? all of them onlyy dare to fight with weapon in had
and/ or with overwhelming nuumbers over their
targets
