The Supreme Court of Hungary acquitted a Hungarian television camera operator, Petra László, on Tuesday. László was at the center of a scandal in 2015 when she tripped and kicked migrants fleeing police, The Guardian stated.
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"The video reporter was acquitted owing to the lack of a violation," the court said in a statement following the judges' ruling that László had been incorrectly charged by the lower courts.
Lage in #Roeszke #Hungary weiter schlimm — Polizei überfordert — Flüchtlinge durchbrechen Polizeikette — Verletzte! pic.twitter.com/GlMGqGwABb
— Stephan Richter (@RichterSteph) 8 сентября 2015 г.
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Shame: On this video former #N1 journalist Petra László kicks #refugees, among them children https://t.co/iDqLtqtNcI via @indexhu
— Balazs Csekö (@balazscseko) 8 сентября 2015 г.
The incident happened at the height of Europe's refugee crisis, when a new wave of Syrian asylum-seekers had managed to break through a Hungarian police barrier.
