Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic...
by beefalo on Friday June 26, 2020 @12:34PM
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Also the ubiquity of auto-uploaded videos and livestreaming. Only in the last few years has virtually all video recording become online first. Before all police had to do was take a person's phone away to hide their actions.
Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic...
by larrywright on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:10PM
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That’s a great point. Oddly enough it works the other way too. My neighbor is a detective and told me that a young lady livestreamed herself looting Target. Shared it on Facebook.
It’s a classic case of correlation != causation. Smart phones with video cameras in them became ubiquitous during Obama’s time in office. Similarly, bodycams became more commonly used by the police. That’s the difference.
This has been happening all along, we just couldn’t prove it until now.