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> They don't want to be scrutinized because they are 100% NOT doing the right thing by the book. Do you think a crowd of angry people are experts in proper pol

> They don't want to be scrutinized because they are 100% NOT doing the right thing by the book. Do you think a crowd of angry people are experts in proper police procedure? Is the mob ever objective about what they see? Is a crowd going to understand that when somebody is hopped up on meth/cocaine that maybe they’re going to be hella strong and hard to take down and it’s going to take some actual force to stop them? You’ll have angry people screaming bloody murder regardless of whether or not the police are doing the wrong thing in some cases. I agree, scrutiny on the police is good, but a mob of people screaming from a few feet away during an arrest isn’t the thing to bring about a safe outcome for anybody and I can easily see that happening and being something that needlessly escalates a situation. If you see somebody getting arrested and are concerned about their safety, I’d totally say filming the encounter from a safe distance is justified and a good idea, I just don’t think a crowd of people going a few feet away is good. Downvote me if you want, I don’t care. I’m just recommending what I think would likely be best for a safe police encounter

johnhenry 4y ago
A specific distance isn't going to prevent a crowd of people from forming; but it does it give police officers the ability to punish/threaten/intimidate witnesses for something that was previously legal. I hope people don't downvote you for expressing an incorrect opinion, but I do hope that you understand that the purpose of this law is 100% about preventing scrutiny. The angry mob scenario that you describe is fiction used by police officers to prevent you from looking into their job performance.
- logicalmonster 4y ago
  The responses to my posts in this thread such as "Fuck what they want" only reinforce to me that the proverbial mob isn't capable of being objective about many police actions. Having a crowd of people trying to scream a few feet away from the cops trying to apprehend a resisting person is a recipe for disaster.

johnhenry 4y ago

A specific distance isn't going to prevent a crowd of people from forming; but it does it give police officers the ability to punish/threaten/intimidate witnesses for something that was previously legal. I hope people don't downvote you for expressing an incorrect opinion, but I do hope that you understand that the purpose of this law is 100% about preventing scrutiny. The angry mob scenario that you describe is fiction used by police officers to prevent you from looking into their job performance.

logicalmonster 4y ago
The responses to my posts in this thread such as "Fuck what they want" only reinforce to me that the proverbial mob isn't capable of being objective about many police actions. Having a crowd of people trying to scream a few feet away from the cops trying to apprehend a resisting person is a recipe for disaster.