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Even if a homeless person would go to the police, given what i know about US police they'd likely be blown off. Additionally the evidence situation for somethin
by Mithaldu 11y ago
Even if a homeless person would go to the police, given what i know about US police they'd likely be blown off. Additionally the evidence situation for something like "getting maced by a security guard" is fairly low. Also your suggestion would possibly come with its own set of legal problems. (Entrapment comes to mind.)
Heck, if you read the article more closely, the security people actually use the police against the homeless.
- tptacek 11y agoWhile I'm not sure I agree with you, let's stipulate that you're right. That's why I'm saying that people who believe Google is sponsoring unprovoked attacks on the homeless should go capture these events taking place with their own cameras. Ordinary citizens (and that's what security guards are) cannot in fact pepper spray someone on a sidewalk, or even trespassing in a building, simply because they won't leave. If they do, it's battery. It's a pretty cut-and-dried issue. Ironically, if this were an accusation about the police in Venice violently removing the homeless from in front of a giant corporation's building, I'd have much less trouble making sense of it.
- Mithaldu 11y agoI agree with most of it, and hope this would be done. However the questions that come to mind is: - How often does this happen? How much cellphone camming would need to be done? - Would the results be legally admissible, especially when you hang around recording things hoping to catch someone in the act? - Would the results be enough to get a cop to care? Or maybe a lawyer to care? I don't know the answers, but maybe the answers would help clarify why nothing is being done.