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> A lot of these policing issues seems to come from progressive localities so I'm not sure it's even due to government unwillingness to solve the issues. Part

> A lot of these policing issues seems to come from progressive localities so I'm not sure it's even due to government unwillingness to solve the issues. Part of the reason for this is that police unions fight vigorously against reform and police unions are powerful in local politics. That's why some police departments ended up getting disbanded by their municipalities to restart from the ground up. It seems like opposition to body cams in general isn't strong, but the real fight will come when stronger laws are proposed for when body cams need to be on, penalties for not having them on, and when footage must be released.

roenxi 6y ago
> police unions fight vigorously against reform and police unions are powerful in local politics Aren't the Democrats the notionally pro-union party? I think it has fallen out of rhetorical favour in recent years, but I thought there was an association between Democrats being in charge and strong local union presences.
- dredmorbius 6y ago
  Yes. Police unions are seen as an exception to the usual party alignment. The Minneapolis police union and its president Bob Kroll supported Trump's campaign: https://www.lawofficer.com/minneapolis-police-union-touting-support-trump/ https://www.lawofficer.com/minneapolis-police-union-touting-... (2019)