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Why are these people even filming cops in the first place?

• jMyles 6y ago
  ...is that... relevant? Documenting every executive action taken by government - and ensuring that documentation is available in an open way - is at the heart of a decent society.
• yellowapple 6y ago
  Because it's generally a good idea to hold people accountable for their actions, especially when those people have a long and well-documented history of abusing the general public at every opportunity. Transparency is a dependency of trust. If we can't see what police are doing, then under what pretext can we even remotely trust them to serve our interests?
  • jb775 6y ago
    > have a long and well-documented history of abusing the general public at every opportunity The macro level statistics do not back this up. I agree with holding people accountable, but this issue has been over-sensationalized strategically by the media for political purposes. I feel a much more impactful use of energy would be to focus on getting complete transparency from politicians for every decision they make, irrespective of political party. Just look at the mess Cuomo caused in NY...there should be people recording politicians like that all day.