The attack was perpetrated by the son of a woman who attends the space after a misunderstanding over some photographs. The subject verbally and physically attacked both the journalist and a woman who is also part of the entity.
By Soledad Martínez
martinezgsoledad@gmail.com
The journalist from Matanzas, Pablo Bodego, narrated through his social networks the violent episode that he experienced in the community kitchen where he is in charge. According to the editor of Tapiales Hoy, everything began with a disagreement with a woman who attends the community space and that ended with the violent intervention of the woman’s son.
“On Tuesday the 17th, around 2:30 p.m., I was the victim of a xenophobic, violent and racist attack,” the visibly affected journalist began his account, adding: “The aggressor is a person known as ‘the Turk’, about 40 years old, 1.80 meters tall, over 150 kilos, has dreadlocks and drives a black (Fiat) Palio, sometimes he rides a motorcycle.”
But what happened in the Abuelo Pepe dining room that operates in the Tapiales Community Culture House? A woman who attends the community space was taking photos and when questioned about the purpose of the images, she responded aggressively that she was “waiting for her son.”
“The son appeared and began to shout at the people at the institution. He asked me if I was the manager and I said yes and he began to attack me, to insult me because we said that the mother was taking photos,” Bodego said.
The journalist’s response was that, indeed, as about 8 people could confirm, the woman had been taking photos. But in an attempt to prevent the violence from escalating, he clarified that there was no problem.
But the aggressor did not stop his violent attitude and even hit one of the collaborators of the soup kitchen who is an oncology patient and had recently undergone a biopsy.
The shouts and insults did not stop. “He said things like ‘fucking blacks go to work’, ‘the party is over for you’, ‘look at the circus you’re doing’, in reference to the solidarity clothesline. Very much like the violence shown in the media and in a sector of politics,” said Bodego.
The aggressor threatened to call the police, to which the journalist replied that he thought it was the right thing to do and that they should go to the nearest police station to resolve the conflict.
“There he started to attack me with punches and hit me in the eye with something blunt, got into the vehicle and fled. He never went to the police station. I did go,” the journalist who was attacked continued.
In addition, Bodego said that the attacker “is a coward” for having fled the scene and that the attack for “being poor, having a charity wardrobe and a soup kitchen” is “crazy.”
The objective of the video published on social media is to spread the word about what happened and to be able to find the whereabouts of the attacker. “Anyone who can provide information can contact me through my social media and my WhatsApp at 11 5502 3289,” said the journalist who confirmed that he filed the complaint at the police station.
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Historia de Diario NCO
El diario Noticias Con Objetividad, popularmente conocido como Diario NCO, es un medio de comunicación gráfica con sede en el Partido de La Matanza, provincia de Buenos Aires.
Bajo la dirección hasta la actualidad de Oscar Roberto Pettinato, comenzó a emitirse el lunes 7 de septiembre de 1992. El diario tiene su lugar en la historia ya que es el primer medio gráfico de La Matanza en emitirse de forma ininterrumpida de lunes a viernes de forma impresa y los siete días en la web.
Un sello también distintivo es que además de ser un medio de comunicación, Diario NCO es una escuela de periodismo. Incluso, varios de sus integrantes se formaron mientras desarrollaban su vocación. Por este motivo, también abre sus puertas a estudiantes de los primeros años de la carrera, para que puedan definir su estilo, mejoren su nivel de redacción y aprendan la dinámica específica del trabajo de la prensa gráfica.
Al medio le interesa plasmar en sus páginas los mensajes de todas las voces y aunque en el periodismo la palabra “objetividad” está sujeta a controversias, Diario NCO la toma como una inspiración, es por eso que la lleva en su sigla y en su lema.
Esta forma de encarar la profesión llevó a que en el año 2010 fuera reconocido por el Honorable Concejo Deliberante (HCD) de La Matanza como de Interés Municipal y que en 2015, el Observatorio de los Derechos de Las Personas Con Discapacidad de La Nación distinguiera, tanto al diario como a la periodista Melisa Correa, por la intensa labor de difusión de la temática.
En esta gran familia entendemos al periodismo como una herramienta de cambio social, es por eso que una de nuestras acciones va dirigida a la formación de más y mejores periodistas
