The move has infuriated Swiss MP Yannick Buttet (34) who has filed a motion demanding a change of policy from state TV station TSR that used the picture on its main news bulletin "Journal de 19h 30". He said: "I don't know about privacy but it certainly infringes on good basic common sense."
But TSR speaker Christophe Minder refused to budge, saying: "We have decided never to show the faces of those involved in a crime, unless there is an immediate physical danger to the public." He was backed up by the Swiss TV and Radio Association (SRG) where spokesman Daniel Steiner said: "With regards to the current privacy laws we do not make public images of people needed for identification purposes unless there is an immediate risk."
But an angry Buttet said: "If a masked gunman is not a danger to the public, then I don't know what is. What they did was stupid and they just don't want to admit it." Buttet has won support from 21 colleagues, with only left wing politicians refusing to agree - saying the right to privacy must remain paramount. Politician Roger Nordmann said: "Innocent until proven guilty is valid for every suspect, until he is convicted of course."
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The fact that he is clearly photographed in a bank holding a gun and the bag of cash he just grabbed should be proof of guilt methinks.
Still considered innocent until proven guilty in court. What if he was forced to rob the bank? Not fun to be an innocent person and forever be known as a bank robber because your picture was out there. I completely support the TV station's actions in this matter and would hope media here in the USA cared as much about ruining innocent people's lives.
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