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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by crooked-v on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:11AM (#26087411)
Recording police only 'backs them into a corner' if they're doing something wrong in the first place.
Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by junon on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:29AM (#26087526)
And privacy only matters if you have something to hide, right?
Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by tokai on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:43AM (#26087604)
Police work is a public matter. They have no right for privacy in the execution of their job.
Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by accounted on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @06:40AM (#26087967)
But you dont have a right to everyone else's business. Police frequently deal with people in their worst, and yet some feel so entitled to seeing these situations they have nothing to do with as though it were just a drama on Netflix.

Example: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=28147...

The mother of the affected was telling people to go away, but they were so desperate to push their own agenda they ignored it. The BWC videos are on YouTube.

Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by mschuster91 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @06:55AM (#26088068)
I agree that this is a problem, and it could be solved by a legal requirement - spreading of the material is illegal if it is done for degrading the subject of police action, and "traffickers" (i.e. "laugh of the day" video aggregators) are held liable for redistributing such content.
Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by croon on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:37AM (#26087574)
Do you expect the same privacy at work as you do at home?
Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by junon on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:34AM (#26090504)
You missed the point.
Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by KSteffensen on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @08:15AM (#26088633)
Not arguing against holding public law enformcement accountable, but in a society where everyone sues everyone at the drop of a hat it's very easy to do something reasonable in the context that nevertheless opens you up for potentially expensive legal consequences. I can understand why people get jumpy when they are being filmed, even if they aren't doing anything obviously wrong.