Utah Law Proposed To Hide Police Misconduct So It Doesn't Get On YouTube
from the blame-the-victim dept
It's really fairly amazing to see how people react when bad activities are brought to light. A few times now, we've seen stories of students who were able to film inappropriate activity from teachers or principals with their mobile phones. Rather than recognizing the activity as whistleblowing, the schools in question responded by banning mobile phones. In other words, rather than fix the problem, the schools chose to cover it up so future problems wouldn't get exposed. It appears something along those lines may be happening on a larger scale in the state of Utah. After a video showing questionable police activity involving a taser showed up on YouTube, state senator Chris Buttars has introduced legislation that would allow police to withhold any reports concerning police misconduct from the public (found via Digg). That's because the whole reason the taser video made it to YouTube was because the victim filed a Freedom of Information Act request for it. So now, rather than deal with stopping police misconduct, it appears supporters of this legislation would simply prefer that no one knows about it. It might be worth noting that this comes at about the same time as new reports of a police officer suspended for inappropriate activity -- which was brought to light via YouTube.
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Welcome to Utah
A racist and a fascist.
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Who is Watching the Watchers
I will defiantly be contacting my representative to get rid of this bill. Just plain stupid.
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dont taze me
Though, Utah is a religious state and no one has more to cover up then clergy...
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You can have faith without religion. If people realised this, the world would be a far, far better place.
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"Religion" isn't a club, its set of faiths believed in or followed by one or more people who may or may not associate with each other.
Furthermore, the historical record on world religions and faiths shows humans using previously established faiths as reasons for war. That is, someone has a reason to go to war, then presents religion as the reason the war should be had.
Like the rest of reality, it is our nature to conflict and compete for the things we want.
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don't taze me
#6 - I'll take Mel Gibson's stance one step further. Religion is responsible for ALL THE WARS IN THE WORLD.
Abolish religion and we'll have a better world to live in.
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Police State
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Buttars!
If you are in authority and you abuse your power, you need to be punished. This bill stinks to high heaven!
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#6 - I'll take Mel Gibson's stance one step further. Religion is responsible for ALL THE WARS IN THE WORLD.
Abolish religion and we'll have a better world to live in.
What was Hitler's 'religious' objective in WWII?
Napoleon's?
Civil War?
Vietnam?
World War 1?
War of 1812?
War of the Spanish Succession?
Mexican Revolution?
French Revolution?
Maybe I missed the 'religious influences' there. I just don't recall one in any of those.
But still - I can't disagree religion sparks many conflicts. Too bad man's 'search' for God seems to involve so much man-made 'religion'.
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re: #11
Colbert actually teaches Sunday School too. Whataguy. Maybe he'll start talking about his fear of Bears again.
IMHO, religion is a process created to facilitate a relationship between you and your maker. Maybe it's too progressive, but I don't believe in the need for that process because God is the biggest prankster I know. He's hillarious, but you have to listen, and watch. Maybe you need to be kicked out of Catholic School to pick up what I'm throwing down.
However, reading the Bible from cover to cover, is reassuring. Jesus rocks by himself, no need to complicate things.
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Conduct inimical to First Amendment and a free soc
http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2008/02/kingcast-tells-utah-state-senator-chris.html
Rock on.
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What's next??
If the bill does get approved, I hope someone takes it to court and gets it thrown out as unconstitutional. Sad that our law makers continue with their unconstitutional behaviors. Perhaps we should video tape them on a regular basis? We do pay their taxes. Someone call the paparazzi and put them to good use! ;o)
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Gibsonism
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As for the Baltimore Cop and the Skateboard punk. The cop didn't go far enough in my opinion. That is precisely what is wrong in America anymore. Kids not having any respect for anyone, including people in authority. Hell I remember not that long ago, when teachers had the right to corporal punishment, and the kids respected the teachers because of it. Or the fact that kids were more scared of their parents than what the cops or teachers would do to you.
Heck, my parents would have told that cop to lock me up if I disrespected a police officer that badly, and my dad would have shaken the cops hand for trying to instill a sense of respect into me.
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Unbelievable
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Utah-Misconduct by police
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FIRE State Senator Chris Buttars!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another reason why everyone Utah should leave ASAP and move to a more friendly state where they protect your rights rather than try to hide it.
If I were the boss of state senator Chris Buttars, I would probably give him the option to resign or repeal the law and apoligze for such stupidity that defies the foundation of the founding fathers US Constitution.
Of course that is just my opinion...............
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