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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by apozem on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @05:58PM (#26083651)
What are you talking about? They're providing accountability for the actions of armed agents of the state, people with a literal license to kill. They're not forcing officers to do unboxing videos.
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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by leereeves on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @07:18PM (#26084346)
How does one person have enough interesting interactions with the police to build a channel about that? They must be actively trying to create entertaining encounters.

That's quite different from someone who posts a single bad encounter to be held accountable. He seems to be provoking the police for profit.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by tclancy on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @07:48PM (#26084544)
>How does one person have enough interesting interactions with the police to build a channel about that?

By having a different background and life experience from yours. Stretch a little.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by leereeves on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @08:10PM (#26084704)
He's a white guy from Santa Monica. The only clear difference in our life experience is that he's built a business out of posting videos about the police.

His YouTube channel is full of interesting examples of manufactured content. For example, he has videos of feeding expired meters after "meter maids" have already seen the meter, then arguing with them; filing multiple complaints at police stations; and refusing to take DUI tests at checkpoints.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzSRcnANzs5BourVavBoe9A

He also sells daily lists of DUI checkpoints.

https://mrcheckpoint.com/alerts/checkpoints/

I'm absolutely in favor of holding bad cops accountable, but he doesn't seem to be targeting bad cops, just whatever cop is unlucky enough to be assigned to the area where he's working that day.

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