F4J exposed by ITV?
From Third Sector:
Fathers 4 Justice has expressed concern that a 15 month ITV investigation into the organisation may misrepresent its activities.
Matt O’Connor, founder of Fathers 4 Justice, said that ITV had conducted an undercover investigation using ex-security staff who were paid to infiltrate the organisation.
The men claimed to have gathered filmed evidence of alleged members of Fathers 4 Justice engaged in acts of violence and intimidation, according to O’Connor.
That’ll be a good (though disturbing) night’s viewing, then. F4J activists and supporters engaging in “acts of violence and intimidation”, though. Who’d a thought it?
PS: posting this made me finally get off my backside and do something which I have been meaning to for weeks - give the fathers 4 justice posts their own category, which I have now done. Given that these posts account for 178 of my comments and a vast number of search hits, it seemed like the least I could do was make them easier to find.
Having seen first-hand how F4J acted during the Hartlepool by-election, particularly at the count when their candidate tipped purple dye over the LibDem (who they particularly disliked due to her profession), I cannot believe that claims of intimidation are misrepresenting the practices of F4J members. I’ve nothing against vigorous campaigns, or even their publicity stunts, but there is a different between that and genuine harrassment and intimidation - and some of them have crossed that line.
At last the truth might come out about Mr Hatch (real name Tunnicliff) and his so called family (f4j) He has made his ex wives and childrens lives a misery for long enough. With 4 children by 3 women and not a penny in child support he should be forced to have a vasectomy, get off his soap box and get a job instead of scrounging off the state.
i see from the local press batman is claiming to be helping to get f4j up and running again in the new year,hopefully the benefit fraud office will catch up with him first,or the company he is now working for (pc contractors northern ltd)will see what a nutter they have working for them.