Haha, this is hilarious!

I don't get it. Why is this video popular? The police saw a random man talking on a phone in an area where a terrorist attack had just taken place, and the Chinese reporter probably did not have "I AM A JOURNALIST" tattooed on his forehead, and he said it in a soft, heavily accented voice that the officer, in his agitated state, did not register. The matter was probably resolved after the journalist hung up. US cops can be rude, but the situation is hardly unexplainable.

Its popular because it was an embarrassing glitch broadcast live nationwide on CCTV's very serious news channel.

Maybe it is funny because Tong Ye said twice that he is journalist and cop didn't understand English language nor he let Tong Ye to explain. It is not a glitch as it can serve as proof of oppression on media by NY police.

You're right, if it happened in China, it would be seen as oppression of the media, but it's still a glitch.

I just think it is funny, because it is a complete 180 for China. Americans send reporters over for sensitive things and get shown the door all the time. Which is fine in my opinion, but I could only imagine the anger some people feel (hilarity for others) for the disrespect of their reporter.

Regardless, I had a good laugh.

"The police saw a random man talking on a phone in an area where a terrorist attack had just taken place..."

Exactly. Had a similar attack taken place in China, the entire city, county, or province might have been shut down and every foreign journalist restricted to a single fax line in some sorry run-down hotel on the periphery.

As evidence of police oppression, this video hardly makes a good case. (Indeed, far better cases have been already been made regarding the NYC police department.) It does, however, put a nice dent in CCTV's normally bulletproof image. I'm sure someone there received a good tongue lashing.

This is the case of the journalist assuming the cop was going to bother extrapolating his response into an answer.
The cop asked the journalist what he was "doing over here" not what his profession was. ("Over here" could have meant 'in the US' or 'on that side of the street, or 'the wrong side of a barrier' etc.) The journalist was not answering the cop's question and when he kept responding that he was a journalist and not answering the actual question, the cop asked if he wanted an interpreter. If the journalist said..."I was attending the press conference because I am a journalist. I am now calling back to my station to report," the cop likely would have said thank you and moved on.

Laughable. He was on the phone, so most likely didn't have a crew with him. Wonder if he clearly displayed his credentials?

Probably hunched in a corner on the phone as to keep out other ambient noise...therefore looking a wee bit suspicious right after a very tense situation.

Maybe he could have solicited cash from the cop to not cover the story for CCP TV??

It is amazing that several of you rushed to defend the cop. If this had happened in China (of course, I am not saying it didn't happen) you guys probably would be whining about the BS western journalists have to endure to get their "stories" (exactly, stories) done. Since this happened in the heart of the US, the so-called "leader of the free world" you guys all of sudden got defensive. Funny, often you guys complain the typical Chinese argument being "you did it too" and you say "two wrongs don't make it right". And you are doing exactly the same thing. Because you have been in China for too long? Perhaps it is time to pack and leave!

You didn't transcribe was the last few words of the police officer before the phone feed was cut off: "You're inside the crime..."

My guess is that the CCTV journalist was standing inside the crime scene, which was probably clearly marked. He should have known better.

No, if it would've been in China 20 cops wearing black polo shirts would've just walked up and pushed the journalist away from the scene with opened umbrellas.

"Do you need someone to speak your language?"

Right, Asian people don't speak English, that's what they teach you at American police adacemies. Yeah right.

On the other hand, CCAV needs to hire some competent reporters, I mean people who are able to speak decent English. He could have simply told the jerk cop "I am a Chinese journalist and I am reporting the bomb scare to my headquarters/home office live right now. Could you please excuse me for a minute? I will be done in a minute" and "who the hell do you think you are you @345ing cop" in Chinese. :-)

I think people are overly defensive of the cop. Since there are no images, we can't assume that the CCTV journalist was doing anything wrong or that the cop was doing anything wrong either.
It is biased to just assume that OMG it's the journalist fault. Also, "I am a journalist" could be a legitimate answer to the question "What are you doing here?"
Perhaps the cop should be more specific in his questioning. In addition, I didn't know that people could not make phone calls in the United States. Of course, the journalist could have been completely out of bounds.

Or maybe he shouldn't have been inside the crime scene.

Juchechosunmanse, I recommend actually watching the video. Especially the end, where the police officer asks him why he is standing _inside_ the crime scene.

It appears as though the police officer was having a hard time directing him outside of the crime scene, was ignored by him while he talked on the phone, and the CCTV reporters best answer for having wandered into the crime scene is, "I'm a journalist" - which he stuttered out with a fairly heavy accent.

I don't see how this guy qualifies as a "jerk cop". NYC has issues with their police force, but you are barking up the wrong tree.

nchr,

Listen to the audio again. The jerk cop didn't even give Tong Ye time to respond, with his machine gun-like questioning. Of course, had Tong Ye's English been better he could have just told the jerk cop what he was doing there.

He is a jerk cop. Period.

Get used to it. American cops are absolute dicks. Unlike in China where working for the police force does require some higher education / comptenece.

Here in America, our cops just have to graudate highschool and some even don't. They just get the laughable "GED" equalivate.

Then they go some police academy for a few months and they give him a bagde and a gun and these fucks thinks they're badass now and like having power trips.

True story, a Florida cop I know, responding to a doemstic call, arrive at the house, and saw some "dude" running away. He makes chases, jumping over ditchs and flying across the roadway. Jumps out and tackles the suspect, and then start donkey punching the shit out of the "dude"... and in the end it turns out, SHE wasn't the suspect.. just some fucked up looking teenager.

And this is what I heard from the Cop's own side of the story and out of his own mouth.

God Bless Amerikkka

"It is amazing that several of you rushed to defend the cop."

The interesting thing about your mentality, Juche, is that you instantly interpreted an appeal for more information as the taking of sides.

Again, the amazing thing is not the exchange but that it is a popular news item in China in the first place.

My post did not defend the cop. I noted that we have heard only one part of a tense exchange between two people, niether one of which was being entirely clear. Therefore NOBODY should be jumping to conclusions about EITHER side.

Yet the spread of this video indicates that there is precisely a desire somewhere to jump to conclusions. And that is odd. Of course, you would never stoop to jumping to conclusions would you, especially not about what other people may or may not have written.

Taihan,

Exactly how popular is this video? How come I haven't much coverage on major Chinese news portals and BBSes?

" noted that we have heard only one part of a tense exchange between two people, niether one of which was being entirely clear."

Give me a break. What "more information" do you need? Clearly we heard the jerk cop giving Tong Ye a hard time. Not clear enough for you?? What more information are you waiting for? That the jerk cop suddenly got nice and apologized afterwards? That Tong Ye all of suddently started cursing the jerk cop? Give me a break Taihan!

Piggy patrol: Chinese cops are not any better.

Typical racist American jerk cop! Totally unprofessional!