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My proposal is simple: a cop is someone deputized by the State to be a cop who is operating a body cam. Body cam is off? He's just a citizen with a nightstick.
by samatman 3y ago
My proposal is simple: a cop is someone deputized by the State to be a cop who is operating a body cam.
Body cam is off? He's just a citizen with a nightstick. When he's tried, prosecution is held in contempt of court if they allow the jury in any way to know that, were his camera on, he would have been a police officer. Same with the defendant: if he mouths off about what was otherwise his job, he's going to jail for as long as it takes to convene a fresh jury, no bail, contempt.
- lazyasciiart 3y agoSure it’s simple. You can get even simpler without changing the realistic probability of it happening: just don’t hire bad cops.
- samatman 3y agoOne of these is actionable, one of them isn't. Mandatory body cams were also dismissed by the cynical, and it's the rule in many forces now, perhaps even most. This is just an extension of that policy.
- lazyasciiart 3y agoNo, it isn't actionable. It would require constitutional amendments in multiple states, changes to state law, changes to multiple federal laws, and I wouldn't be surprised if it all got thrown out at multiple levels. That is no more an action than "thoughts and prayers".
- nomel 3y agoThat requires a reliable test that can filter them, including new officers. If you think you can easily filter "good" and "bad" people, acting in extreme circumstances, you're delusional.
- lazyasciiart 3y agoI don't think it's possible at all, let alone easy.