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Only if you can prove the malfeasance.
by jonnycoder 8y ago
Only if you can prove the malfeasance.
- zik 8y agoWhen all five body cameras "happened" to fail at the same time I don't think anyone can really doubt the malfeasance.
- manquer 8y agoWhile likely that is the case, unless there are ways to detect tampering built into the camera, it can't be proved in a court
- aptwebapps 8y agoYeah, but who did it? All five of them, one of them, another cop not at the scene but with access to the system? Contractors with system access? It's not enough to be sure that a crime happened. Which isn't to say there shouldn't be an investigation or measures taken to make it harder to happen. And to be more careful, what's the failure rate on those cameras and how many incidents happen a year where it would look suspicious if all cameras fail? If the numbers are high enough we might just have selection bias.
- r00fus 8y agoThe officers should be on the hook for their video feed.
- untog 8y ago"can really doubt" doesn't work in court, though. Innocent until proven guilty and all that - if there's no actual evidence of tampering you'd struggle to win a conviction.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoAnd when that black guy that was just gunned down "happened" to have a knife in his pocket when searched there's no doubt that he was only seconds away from using it to attack the police?