The name calling which marks this case out.

[Lace]

I take it you can't find a cite upholding your allegation about the Portuguese police? It was said, but not by the police as far as I know. They seem to be blamed for everything.

It was Amaral I found this -   
06.04 – According to the testimony of the Ocean Club’s manager, when the GNR patrol arrived on location, the child’s father threw himself at the officers’ feet, like a praying Arab, completely out of control over his daughter’s disappearance. The same scene was repeated, according to the officers, in the couple’s bedroom.


Link -  https://joana-morais.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/maddie-truth-of-lie-documentary.html

[Angelo222]

I don't think the GNR officers ever referred to the incident as such, they were too professional to sink to those depths.

Doesn't say much for Dr Healey then. 

[G-Unit]

It was Amaral I found this -   
06.04 – According to the testimony of the Ocean Club’s manager, when the GNR patrol arrived on location, the child’s father threw himself at the officers’ feet, like a praying Arab, completely out of control over his daughter’s disappearance. The same scene was repeated, according to the officers, in the couple’s bedroom.


Link -  https://joana-morais.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/maddie-truth-of-lie-documentary.html

It wasn't Amaral who said it first though, was it?

[Miss Taken Identity]

Well if you have read the book 'Alice in Wonderland'   as a child,  you would be familiar with Tweedledum and Tweedledee  they didn't know anything about what was going on, and at a loss to help.   Kate explains later in her book why she got this impression,  but then goes on to say [and sounding apologetic] they found out that the two officers were indeed out of their depth,  they were not trained for the task they had been sent to investigate.

To investigate a 'missing' not 'Abducted' child. very different situations I would say.

Unlike the parents who were trained  to cope with any situation in an emergency... trained in child care -perhaps not so much.

[Robittybob1]

The praying Arabs or wailing Mullah descriptions are pure internet creations.

From memory Amaral says that expression in one of his documentaries.

[Robittybob1]

It was Amaral I found this -   
06.04 – According to the testimony of the Ocean Club’s manager, when the GNR patrol arrived on location, the child’s father threw himself at the officers’ feet, like a praying Arab, completely out of control over his daughter’s disappearance. The same scene was repeated, according to the officers, in the couple’s bedroom.


Link -  https://joana-morais.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/maddie-truth-of-lie-documentary.html

So Amaral is quoting the words of one of the OC managers and the only Manager who says that in her statement is Sylvia Batista.

[G-Unit]

So Amaral is quoting the words of one of the OC managers and the only Manager who says that in her statement is Sylvia Batista.

Well done Rob, you've found the culprit and it wasn't a Portuguese policeman was it? Kate McCann gave the GNR officers childish nicknames but they spoke of her and her husband respectfully. Not that I see the 'praying arab' simile as an insult, it's a description in my opinion.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Well done Rob, you've found the culprit and it wasn't a Portuguese policeman was it? Kate McCann gave the GNR officers childish nicknames but they spoke of her and her husband respectfully. Not that I see the 'praying arab' simile as an insult, it's a description in my opinion.

I think it’s quite offensive and racially mocking actually.  It’s taking the kick out of another race’s religion whilst simultaneously mocking the parents of a child on discovering their child had just gone missing. IMO.

[Mr Gray]

Well done Rob, you've found the culprit and it wasn't a Portuguese policeman was it? Kate McCann gave the GNR officers childish nicknames but they spoke of her and her husband respectfully. Not that I see the 'praying arab' simile as an insult, it's a description in my opinion.

Do we only have amsrals claim for this... There are several things in the doc that are plainly untrue.... I can't see the OC manager using these offensive words

[Mr Gray]

It wasn't Amaral who said it first though, was it?

We have no reliable record of anyone else, saying it so at the moment it's, amaral

[Robittybob1]

Well done Rob, you've found the culprit and it wasn't a Portuguese policeman was it? Kate McCann gave the GNR officers childish nicknames but they spoke of her and her husband respectfully. Not that I see the 'praying arab' simile as an insult, it's a description in my opinion.

Raised by Silvia and repeated by Amaral. 

[Robittybob1]

Do we only have amsrals claim for this... There are several things in the doc that are plainly untrue.... I can't see the OC manager using these offensive words

Read her statement, it is in there alright.

[Mr Gray]

Read her statement, it is in there alright.

Do you have a link... That needs, a cite.. The OC manager was, a man... Let's see if we can get to the bottom of this ...what's her name

[Robittybob1]

Do you have a link... That needs, a cite.. The OC manager was, a man... Let's see if we can get to the bottom of this ...what's her name

The Manager that was a man (John Hill) worked for Mark Warner not Ocean Club, I have seen him reported to be " John Hill, operations manager for Mark Warner at Ocean Club" but at other times Ocean Club Manager. 

http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/SILVIA_BATISTA.htm
"Then Gerry kneeled down, hit the floor with both hands, positioning himself as if he were a praying Arab, and screamed twice of anger, what he said being impossible to understand. Then Gerry stand up and accompanied her (the witness) and the other man in the car of the GNR to the apartment A5." 

[Mr Gray]

The Manager that was a man (John Hill) worked for Mark Warner not Ocean Club, I have seen him reported to be " John Hill, operations manager for Mark Warner at Ocean Club" but at other times Ocean Club Manager. 

http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/SILVIA_BATISTA.htm
"Then Gerry kneeled down, hit the floor with both hands, positioning himself as if he were a praying Arab, and screamed twice of anger, what he said being impossible to understand. Then Gerry stand up and accompanied her (the witness) and the other man in the car of the GNR to the apartment A5."

Thanks