Photographer arrested is chided for not warning pothole victim

A photographer in China was accused of lying in wait to take these pictures of a poor guy riding his bike into a pothole.

 Images Web 277699Readers of the Beijing Youth Daily, which published the shots, wrote in to express their feelings.

One wrote: "The pictures are well shot, but the person who shot this is disgusting. He knew there was a pit, but was waiting there for someone to fall over."

Liu defended himself, saying: "I just knew that the city government has paved the pit, and without my pictures, the pit would not be noticed by the government, and there would perhaps be more people falling over."

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Reader comment: Mike says: "In kindergarten (mid-1970s) we saw a short cartoon called 'The Rock in
the Road.' The storyline was remarkably similar, but each time a
character tripped over the title rock, he waited along with all the
prior victims to watch the next guy. Hilarity ensues, lather, rinse,
repeat. I don't remember whether this was supposed to teach us a
lesson, or just amuse us before nap time. I can't find anything about
the cartoon on Google; I'd love to see it again."