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Should policemen wear body cameras?

Shoul or not?

  • Of course, it will be very useful

    Votes: 42 91.3%
  • No, just NO!

    Votes: 1 2.2%
  • Hmm...Hard to say

    Votes: 3 6.5%

  • Total voters
    46
What is it that we have ignored then? Who is responsible for these people's lives? Not me. Not the government... who? Why should they be allowed to mess up my day or another person's business? They shouldn't. They should take responsibility for their lives, their communities and get good leaders to help them do that. The ones that they have no are crap and leading them the wrong way...

You cannot find the answers to these questions for the same reason that a fugitive cannot find the police.

And shame on you for playing the "responsibility" card and playing the blame game at the very same time.
 
You cannot find the answers to these questions for the same reason that a fugitive cannot find the police.

ummm... what?

And shame on you for playing the "responsibility" card and playing the blame game at the very same time.

What? :lol: When people blame others for their irresponsibility I will call them on it... lack of education is huge. If people don't want a way out or a way to improve their lives it is not OK for them to later blame others for it. THAT, is crap.
 
ummm... what?

Exactly. In case I am wrong, though, read this.

What? :lol: When people blame others for their irresponsibility I will call them on it... lack of education is huge. If people don't want a way out or a way to improve their lives it is not OK for them to later blame others for it. THAT, is crap.

The lack of education is systematic and inflicted upon them. Look, the wonder is not that some blacks go insane and/or become criminals: The wonder is that some blacks, despite all the obstacles thrown in their way, rise up and somehow make it through. Whites cannot possibly understand what blacks have to go through just to get to an equivalent point in life as whites do. "Responsibility"...LOL...that word does not mean what you think it means.
 
Body cams and dash cams -- both long overdue.

Absolutely.

For one, potential criminals will know their actions will be on camera, submitted to the media and the courts. They cannot claim something which contradicts what was shown. This should reduce the bad behavior to the cops and increase compliance. Both of which saves their lives and law enforcement.

Second, cops know their behavior is on record too, so it should reduce police brutality and excess use of force. My town had a mentally unstable elderly lady who was holding a piece of wood who the cops shot. That was excessive force. Being on camera and recorded would likely have prevented that.

Third, knowing every law enforcement has video means that we should expect such videos in such cases. Failure to make them public unedited will create all sorts of red flags.

It's in everyone's best interest to have these interactions on film.
 
They cannot claim something which contradicts what was shown.

Like "he had both hands in the air and was surendering when the cop shot him in the back"?
 
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Exactly. In case I am wrong, though, read this.

I have no idea what that meant either... I get the concept but all his settings levels were confusing.

The lack of education is systematic and inflicted upon them. Look, the wonder is not that some blacks go insane and/or become criminals: The wonder is that some blacks, despite all the obstacles thrown in their way, rise up and somehow make it through. Whites cannot possibly understand what blacks have to go through just to get to an equivalent point in life as whites do. "Responsibility"...LOL...that word does not mean what you think it means.

I taught inner city kids and lower socio-economic kids for over 10 years now... if you did you would see that a lot of the crap that people like you use as excuses is garbage. Education is an avenue out. People are there that care and genuinely want to help. There is a big picture and people like Sharpton don't teach them about it. They teach hate. They teach cycle's of poverty and how to blame others. It is pathetic. I would love to see these kids, at least a lot more of them, doing better and changing things but it is not happening...
 
Like "he had both hands in the air and was surendering when the cop dhot him in the back?

Pretty much. "I was surrendering...despite the video evidence showing me firing my 9mm at the cop!"

Oh...uh...yeah.

Basically, if we could get instant replay for law enforcement interactions, that would clear up so many problems just like it did in sports.

Take for example a scene out of "Orange is the new black" where Vee's corrupt [SPOILERS!!!!!] paid cop tells RJ to catch, throws him a pistol to RJ's complete surprise and then guns him down for having a threatening weapon.

An always on camera would completely prevent that kind of corruption.
 
Not sure why, given some recent events a Cop can get be on camera using an against policy choke hold until killing someone. WTF will a camera change if police are above the law?
 
Well now, since the public pays for all the video taken, why can't the public have access to all of it by that logic? Even the daily stuff, the just patrolling. We have an interest in making sure our public servants are doing their jobs. Why not do this with all the public servants?

My concern is that this turns every officer into an NSA drone.

My concern is that we pay for stuff that is totally under control of others. When that video shows that the others (our civil servants) screwed up then it is "lost" (like the IRS Emails) but when it shows that J. Q. Public was really rioting, looting or burning that a plea bargain is still OK so long as they cooperate and turn in Mr.Bigger for some all American asset forfeiture.
 
Body cams and dash cams -- both long overdue.

I'd further like to see them stream live back to police headquarters 24/7. I'm less concerned about monitoring police and see technology as a tool to help police keep the public safe.
 
I have no idea what that meant either... I get the concept but all his settings levels were confusing.

He uses a lot of RPG jargon. The post makes more sense once you look up all the terms--ex., "constitution" and "stat."

I taught inner city kids and lower socio-economic kids for over 10 years now... if you did you would see that a lot of the crap that people like you use as excuses is garbage. Education is an avenue out. People are there that care and genuinely want to help. There is a big picture and people like Sharpton don't teach them about it. They teach hate. They teach cycle's of poverty and how to blame others. It is pathetic. I would love to see these kids, at least a lot more of them, doing better and changing things but it is not happening...

I present to you the concept of intersectionality. Don't ask, just read, just learn up on what it is and what its implications are.
 
Pandoras box, im cool with it because
I dont go around breaking the law. But as soon as a passing cops body cam catches someone doing something illegal and they get locked up for it youll have people crying about big brother and what not.
 
Citizens who are (for the interest of security over freedom?) given the right to wave guns around and shoot them at anybody, and then get a paid vacation (suspension? yeah right) for committing the homicide, should definitely be video taped at all times if even allowed to continue to exist.
 
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