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What if everything is video-recorded clearly with a modern smartphone?

• DanBC 13y ago
  The smartphone is removed and wiped. Or you're arrested for wire-tapping. Or they say the phone is a weapon and they tase you. Or they shoot you and say they thought you had a gun. Or they just beat the fuck out of you. http://www.popehat.com/2013/11/11/encourage-people-to-contact-the-boston-police-departments-bureau-of-public-information-thats-a-jailin/ http://www.popehat.com/2013/11/11/encourage-people-to-contac... Or you get the video, the police-officer's boss agrees with you that the behaviour was outrageous, and sacks the officer. They offer you $1.2 million out of court settlement because all the evidence is so clear. But the officer goes through appeal, and gets his job back, with back pay. Again. http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/06/28/out-control-officers-find-comfort-arbitration/02N6zKhHmM2GM63PDlYIHO/story.html http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/06/28/out-control-of... > Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis fired Williams after concluding that the officer choked a suspect during a 2009 arrest and lied about it to Internal Affairs investigators. Williams appealed the finding to an independent arbitrator who ruled in his favor last week. Absent court intervention, Williams can expect reinstatement and a city check for more than $150,000.