The utter contempt displayed by Amaral for the grief and anguish of parents in the midst of unimaginable trauma is exemplified by his descriptions in his book and in his documentary.
It is a measure of this invisible man who wasn't even there as a witness to the events described.
But who didn't miss seizing the opportunity to deride and mock the parents of a missing child in the midst of their panic and distress.
The theme might have been "praying Arabs" and used to caricature and demean ~ but in retrospect the individual who emerges from it with reputation shredded is Amaral ~ whose portrayal of the event illustrates nothing but his inhumanity.
I believe that Amaral was hoping to prop up the treatment of The Ciprianos, especially as he was made Arguido himself on the very next day.
The PJ appear to have been a law unto itself until then and deeming anyone guilty even if there was no evidence. Choose your perpetrator and then fit them up.
Despite the misery of The McCanns this has in many ways been successful in exposing this. Amaral was in fact just an ignorant peasant who was used by the power of the Old Guard who reinvented themselves during the Two Revolutions and are still in power to this day. Sitting comfortably at The Supreme Court of Portugal.
It will end one day, probably only when they are all dead. Meanwhile, Amaral is the real Scapegoat.
It took one English Woman and one very small child to question the ethics of The PJ. How very sad is that.
