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If you look at the ICE agents, they all seem to have a variety of random gear. People have found their patches on Amazon. My impression is that they are on a h
by avidiax 10mo ago
If you look at the ICE agents, they all seem to have a variety of random gear. People have found their patches on Amazon.
My impression is that they are on a hiring frenzy, and are incredibly disorganized.
An AXON body camera is $800, usually sold with a subscription. If these ICE agents are buying their own gear, I can see why they'd just buy a GoPro or use their phone.
I'm sure the lack of traceability and accountability from private recording is a welcome "feature" (at least by the individual officers). The fact that the organization hasn't apparently prioritized or required accountable body-worn cameras is suspicious and unacceptable, but the available evidence is that this is organizational stupidity and negligence.
- hammock 10mo agoDoesn’t the fact that they are filming at all point to the idea that they are at least aiming in the right direction (no pun intended), even if they still end up being disorganized and underfunded?
- avidiax 10mo agoThe officers may be filming for their own protection, but obviously, if they do something illegal, they can also just delete the data. So the cameras are not providing accountability, except where the agents are either honest or mistakenly believe that the evidence is in their favor.
- hammock 10mo agoFilm of honest cops is a bad thing.
- ThePowerOfFuet 10mo agoFilming helps keep them honest.
- hammock 10mo agoThink I forgot the slash s on my comment
- whattheheckheck 10mo agoFrom my perspective they are most likely not heading in the right direction. They are massively funded and will get more and more embolden to record their crimes and say do something about it. Then it will be a wedge. Support ice or not. Armband or not. Salute or not. Which side are you on. Cowards will pick the more violent side for self preservation and will soon find a country that's not worth living in anymore. For curiosity, when in history has the federal govt failed to suppress an uprising in the USA?