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Also, the claim that someone video recording in a public space is automatically an agitator falls apart quickly when you realize that police officers walk aroun
by kolanos 3y ago
Also, the claim that someone video recording in a public space is automatically an agitator falls apart quickly when you realize that police officers walk around with body worn cameras all the time. Are they then agitators that have no business in a police precinct lobby?
And before you answer with "that's their job", be aware that the video they record on their body cams is public record in most U.S. states and can be requested and disseminated to the public by anyone for any reason.
There is no expectation of privacy in public, and this holds true in a public lobby of a police precinct. Privacy must be created, as such, if someone comes in to report a crime, the reasonable thing to do is to have the officer on duty take that person to a private room to make their report.
- zie 3y agoUnfortunately as often is the case, the important moments that matter somehow forget to be recorded. It's pretty rare that we see the cops being recorded breaking the law on their own body cameras, despite those body cameras supposedly being "always on", even after we know they broke the law some other way(like being recorded by third-parties, etc). It would be really interesting to know how often body cams are catching these things, the best I could find is via the LAPD: "Of 37 police shootings that have gone before the civilian commission over the last year, 25 cases had some type of body camera violation by officers who were considered to be substantially involved, the Times review found." -https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-21/internal-lapd-reports-show-body-cam-misuse-issue-more-widespread-than-chief-alleges https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-21/internal... So terribly, which isn't surprising, but is very sad for humanity.