I'm an NC native. The governor and most of the NC legislature are an embarrassment to our great state. The history is complex, but basically, the Democrats con

I'm an NC native. The governor and most of the NC legislature are an embarrassment to our great state. The history is complex, but basically, the Democrats controlled NC state politics for decades (weird, I know) and lost both the governorship and the legislature in the wake of backlash from Obama carrying NC in his first term. Big-money Republicans poured money into the state to ensure that a) Obama didn't carry NC in 2008 and b) Republicans would control the state during the key years following the US census, during time which they would gerrymander the ever living fuck out of our districts. Expect to hear lots of stories about our state's laws getting slammed by SCOTUS. There are several cases already in flight. Don't try to make sense of it all -- it's about power and pandering and the worst most regressive parts of "conservatism". Police are employed by the public. That footage, taken by public employees, in (mostly) public spaces, ought to belong to the public. I'm very concerned about privacy, the police / surveillance state, but I'd rather strap cameras to all officers than continue to allow them to literally get away with murder.