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Maybe the officer will have a great YC application answer for the time he hacked a system. Lots of people here upset with the officer’s tactic, but he didn’t i

Maybe the officer will have a great YC application answer for the time he hacked a system. Lots of people here upset with the officer’s tactic, but he didn’t interfere with any right to record. If anyone is at fault it is YouTube for preemptively taking down videos containing copyright that fall within the Fair Use Doctrine…of course that is YouTube’s legal right also, they don’t have to host anything. If it were my video, and if it were actually important to share online for one reason or another, I would look at it like an opportunity to request a limited license from the copyright holder to post the video…then they would have a great YC application also.

rocqua 5y ago
Its not that the tactic is scummy. Its that police officers use tactics to prevent recordings of themselves being uploaded and spread. The fact that they explicitly go out of their way to avoid accountability is bad. It is bad because, given the privileges we give police, a strong force of accountability is needed. This situation is worsened by the fact that this happened at a hearing where police conduct was the subject. There already are doubts in that community about police conduct. If they close ranks, that suggests there is indeed something wrong. Certainly, it means the relationship between police and the community is becoming more and more adversarial, and police aren't trying to bridge that gap. That is simply bad.
- nextlevelwizard 5y ago
  I completely disagree. Police are people too and as much as you are allowed to film them I can't imagine another country where people are shoving their phones into the faces of the officers. Just take couple steps back and there is no problem. I won't argue about the police actions in US. I've said my piece on the matter.
sixothree 5y ago
He _did_ interfere with their ability to share the video.

rocqua 5y ago

Its not that the tactic is scummy. Its that police officers use tactics to prevent recordings of themselves being uploaded and spread. The fact that they explicitly go out of their way to avoid accountability is bad. It is bad because, given the privileges we give police, a strong force of accountability is needed. This situation is worsened by the fact that this happened at a hearing where police conduct was the subject. There already are doubts in that community about police conduct. If they close ranks, that suggests there is indeed something wrong. Certainly, it means the relationship between police and the community is becoming more and more adversarial, and police aren't trying to bridge that gap. That is simply bad.

nextlevelwizard 5y ago
I completely disagree. Police are people too and as much as you are allowed to film them I can't imagine another country where people are shoving their phones into the faces of the officers. Just take couple steps back and there is no problem. I won't argue about the police actions in US. I've said my piece on the matter.

sixothree 5y ago

He _did_ interfere with their ability to share the video.