WATCH: Fists fly between photographers and security at CPUT graduation ceremony

[schumi]

Unaccredited photographers who wanted to get a piece of the action at a Cape Town graduation ceremony instead found themselves trading blows with security officials.

On Monday, the festive mood at the graduation ceremony of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) was somewhat disrupted by the unaccredited photographers who had gathered on the Bellville campus.

A video doing the rounds on social media shows photographers being tackled, kicked and thrown to the ground by security officials.

Two men appear visibly injured following the altercation.

CPUT issued a statement on its social media platforms following the incident.

"We are aware of a video being circulated on social media involving a scuffle between freelance photographers and security at a graduation ceremony on Monday 10 December at our Bellville campus," CPUT said on Wednesday.

'Safety a concern'

"The safety and security of our students and their family members are our foremost concern and a dim view is taken of any attempt to disrupt this special occasion.

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More at: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/...security-at-cput-graduation-ceremony-20181213

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

I've watched this yesterday...and immediately wondered how this escalated to this level of violence?

Would always be nice to see what happened from the start.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

 

[ForceFate]

Shrieks make it sound more dramatic.

 

[krycor]

Money money monaaaaaaay. That’s what it’s about and universities generally lock down external parties at the ceremony.

 

[Drifter]

Luister nou F#@$en MOOI na my!!!

 

[jack_spratt]

What has happened to SA?

 

[supersunbird]

Unaccredited photographers (and accredited photographers)? Who needs those in this day of great phone cameras...

 

[genetic]

What has happened to SA?

Really? There are much bigger issues in SA than a small fight between security guards and photographers.

The guys were asked to stop taking pictures but didn't listen... not that it warranted that kind of response from security.

"It is worth noting that, at the time, the photographers in the video did not have the appropriate accreditation to operate on campus.

"The service providers used during graduation have all been appropriately vetted through stringent procurement processes.

"This is to avoid students and loved ones being taken advantage of by unscrupulous characters.

"The photographers in this instance were warned to stop operating on campus by the head of Bellville Campus Security.

 

[supersunbird]

Really? There are much bigger issues in SA than a small fight between security guards and photographers.

The guys were asked to stop taking pictures but didn't listen... not that it warranted that kind of response from security.

As they say, "as jy nie wil luister nie, moet jy voel"

 

[Ninja'd]

"It is worth noting that, at the time, the photographers in the video did not have the appropriate accreditation to operate on campus.

"The service providers used during graduation have all been appropriately vetted through stringent procurement processes.

"This is to avoid students and loved ones being taken advantage of by unscrupulous characters.

I did not know this was a thing. Does this you or your family can't take pics either?

 

[bwana]

Unaccredited photographers (and accredited photographers)? Who needs those in this day of great phone cameras...

Great phone camera ≠ great photograph.

Also someone has to take the photo which means they can't be in it.

 

[jack_spratt]

Really? There are much bigger issues in SA than a small fight between security guards and photographers.

The guys were asked to stop taking pictures but didn't listen... not that it warranted that kind of response from security.

Nothing to see? This conduct is systemic.

 

[access]

that guy in the red got his bell rung ..lol

i would like to know how that security guard came to be on the ground at the start of the clip

 

[Tokolotshe]

that guy in the red got his bell rung ..lol

i would like to know how that security guard came to be on the ground at the start of the clip

This is what I'm wondering about. It seems, and I may be wrong here, that the 2nd security guy arrives, then promptly gets a nut kick by redshirt. The others two securty guys arrive, get the scene under control. Then #3 arrives with a lunging flying kick to the one security guard, ending with him as a Darwinistic flying dragon. Add that they were not supposed to be there, my conclusion is these photographers were such victims (not).

 

[daveza]

Those 'security' dudes should have just sat on them.

 

[Flanders]

Shrieks make it sound more dramatic.

YOOO!
YOOO!
YOOO!

The call of the female African Twittard.

 

[ForceFate]

YOOO!
YOOO!
YOOO!

The call of the female African Twittard.

???

 

[Currantly]

r/accidentalrenaissance

 

[Rickster]

Filming vertically should be a crime.