Smile FM radio presenter Angel Campey is the victim of a smash and grab incident which took place on Jakes Gerwel Drive in 2017. The entire incident was captured on camera, and the City of Cape Town shared it on its social media accounts as a warning for Capetonians. The video has since gone viral.
Now, Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith has been called out for sharing the clip without the victims consent. “No one warned me, or asked for my consent,” she said on Twitter. Campey added that she now has to relive repressed trauma and is having flashbacks whilst trying to be on radio.
The yellow Fiat 500 and four robbers are seen in the footage, however, faces are unrecognisable and the numberplate has been blurred out. Smith released the video as a warning for motorists in Cape Town, and added that the court case for this particular incident had been closed.
But Campey says that sharing the video is unethical and made her feel violated.
“By the time I took to Twitter to process how I felt, I had already been notified by multiple people that the video was out there, including witnessing all my colleagues watch it (and recognise me). It’s not about people knowing it was me, it was the fact that it was shared without my consent, without so much as a warning. It’s an incident from 5 years ago that I had dealt with and tried to move on from, to be forced to relive it without warning is unethical, and made me feel violated,” Campey told Cape {town} Etc.
“Many people who know me recognised me and we’re traumatised by having to witness the attack. Furthermore, if ONLY the victim is able to recognise themselves, it’s enough. The humane thing is to warn them, and thereafter (having failed to do so) at least apologise directly. Which he [Smith] has not done,” Campey adds.
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Picture: City of Cape Town