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I thought body cam footage was public data, discoverable and releasable under the law. There is no one left to prosecute here since they killed the shooter so
by doodlebugging 4y ago
I thought body cam footage was public data, discoverable and releasable under the law.
There is no one left to prosecute here since they killed the shooter so there is no reason to delay disclosure.
That thin blue line looks more and more like a line for cowards to hide behind while they seek to escape accountability for actions they know would have them arrested if they had no badge. Simply holding their noses while a colleague escapes prosecution for criminal acts by hiding behind a badge or a brotherhood of LEO is about as chickenshit as it gets.
- pigtailgirl 4y ago-- bottom link in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31729913 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31729913 :=) --
- calibas 4y agoSo if the person ends up dead, the police can hide the videos. That seems ripe for abuse...
- philistine 4y agoImagine a group of hired goons, in a medieval setting, who are paid in pillaged goods to maintain a certain group of people in power. Can you transpose those goons to modern police officers?
- Sohcahtoa82 4y ago> That thin blue line looks more and more like a line for cowards to hide behind while they seek to escape accountability for actions they know would have them arrested if they had no badge. Half the country has known this for a couple years now. It's a shame it took the deaths of children for the rest to start to figure it out.
- clint 4y agoHalf the country has known this for ~CENTURIES~