Re:Cops Told This Uber Driver It's Illegal to Film Them. Sur...
by Grexar on Monday March 13, 2017 @10:38AM
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It's better to wire the cops.
There should be a federal law requiring all police officers wear body cams while interacting with the public. Further, it should be required that they be the kind that send a live feed to police dispatchers. I've seen how quickly police brutality gets dealt with when it's witnessed by public transportation security through their cameras at train stations. When someone is responsible for reporting crimes as they happen because they're watching them live, bad cops lose their jobs before the press can even report it.
It should be law that a police officer loses their authority the second their body cam is off. Streaming body cams should become the new police badges. Arrest someone without a body cam? Kidnapping and assault. Pull someone over when you're not on duty? Impersonating a police officer. Bark orders to people at a gas station on your way to work? Disturbing the peace.
Re:Cops Told This Uber Driver It's Illegal to Film Them. Sur...
by op00to on Monday March 13, 2017 @11:14AM
(#13858459)
Videos get "lost" all the time, and as you see from this instance there is no repercussions for Police. Much better to take matters into your own hand and record your own video.
There should be a federal law requiring all police officers wear body cams while interacting with the public. Further, it should be required that they be the kind that send a live feed to police dispatchers. I've seen how quickly police brutality gets dealt with when it's witnessed by public transportation security through their cameras at train stations. When someone is responsible for reporting crimes as they happen because they're watching them live, bad cops lose their jobs before the press can even report it.
It should be law that a police officer loses their authority the second their body cam is off. Streaming body cams should become the new police badges. Arrest someone without a body cam? Kidnapping and assault. Pull someone over when you're not on duty? Impersonating a police officer. Bark orders to people at a gas station on your way to work? Disturbing the peace.