No matter what rules are imposed on bodycam footage, as long as the police control that footage, there will be destruction or concealment of the evidence.
This is why it is so essential that public filming of the police by citizens be proteced by the First Amendment: so that there is evidence outside of the control of the police.
The courts and congress need to get their fingers out of their ears and declare public recording of police activity a First Amendment Right. Then they need to protect that Right by meaningful penalties that can be enforced against the police for denial of the Right, with no qualified immunity allowed.
It's not gibberish, it is a perfectly good euphemism, like 'retrenchment' for 'fired', or 'wet work' for 'murder'. Just another way of protecting delicate, snooping ears from reality.
It will be used - indeed, probably is used, right now - to grab anyone who could be identified as present on jan 6th and inform them they can play ball or cop 20 to life on Felony Murder or similar rubberstamp bullshit...for getting caught on camera posing with the confederate flag in the middle of the building where a cop had been killed.
Funny you should bring that up. That is exactly what the new riot law in Florida does: make everyone responsible for the actions of one person they didn't know and never met -- even when they had no idea what that person was going to do.
Conservatives created that law. Surely you're not saying they don't know what they are doing?
That's because they can always transfer the blame to the citizen they were busting -- even if no crime was otherwise committed.
I think "felony murder" should be done away with -- not because we don't need it for real bad guys (we do) -- but because these days, it is mostly abused just like in this case.
I have to second this, because the misuse is driving me bonkers.
A brake is a device that slows a mechanism by friction. The device that stops a vehicle is a brake. Using the device to stop the vehicle is to brake, braking or braked, depending upon tense.
A break is either an interruption (I went on break to have some coffee, I will break into their conversation) or a destructive failure of something (bones break, bottles break, your vacuum cleander will break if you try to use it to clean your lawn). In the past tense, we say these things are broken.
You might say the car braked to a stop, but it is not the same thing at all to say the car has broken. Likewise, saying you will break my car will get you invited to stay away from it, because it is not at all the same as you saying you will brake the car.
I don't know why they didn't just wait until the year 2121 to hold Cassilly accountable. They could still proudly announce how they were "protecting the public" with no concerns about having to retry/release any of his victims.
Some officers need a remedial course in Personal Safety and Visibility at Night, C103 at the local kindergarten. Even the dark scenes in Pitch Black weren't this dark.
Governments, including US government, are always more concerned about threats from citizens than about external threats. Citizens are a direct threat to the power of the politicians in charge.
Our government is just so tired of people going wherever they damn well please without permission or surveillance. "A camera in everyone's car" is just what they need as a way to know who is going where, and when.
A little facial identification software, and a quick (automated) query to DHS and you have a perfect pre-approval system for travel.
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Watchful eye of the public
No matter what rules are imposed on bodycam footage, as long as the police control that footage, there will be destruction or concealment of the evidence.
This is why it is so essential that public filming of the police by citizens be proteced by the First Amendment: so that there is evidence outside of the control of the police.
The courts and congress need to get their fingers out of their ears and declare public recording of police activity a First Amendment Right. Then they need to protect that Right by meaningful penalties that can be enforced against the police for denial of the Right, with no qualified immunity allowed.
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Police concerned about drivers of change
This actually makes perfect sense.
Peaceful protest drives change. The police absolutely do not want change -- they are perfectly happy with things the way they are.
Protesters that are violent -- rioters -- can be locked up, and therefore can't change anything.
So from police perspective, peaceful protesters are far more dangerous than the violent kind.
So it makes sense that police would focus on peaceful protesters: From police perspective they offer the greatest threat to the future of policing.
The despots are always most afraid of the agents of change among their subjects.
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Don't worry about the budget. I'm sure the cops will be able to confiscate sufficient assets under forfeiture, to pay for it.
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Gotta disagree with you
It's not gibberish, it is a perfectly good euphemism, like 'retrenchment' for 'fired', or 'wet work' for 'murder'. Just another way of protecting delicate, snooping ears from reality.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: 'Now reading page 5 of 78...'
It almost makes you wonder who writes these bills.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: The problem is a lot deeper than one man!
Supposed to be "rehabilitation" ... I blame autocorrect.
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Re: Re: Re: The problem is a lot deeper than one man!
That's what those who support restitution tell us.
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Funny you should bring that up. That is exactly what the new riot law in Florida does: make everyone responsible for the actions of one person they didn't know and never met -- even when they had no idea what that person was going to do.
Conservatives created that law. Surely you're not saying they don't know what they are doing?
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Re: The problem is a lot deeper than one man!
Well, now that you mention it...
It's only fair is it not that Cassilly, who won at any cost...
Should be pursued by a prosecutor seeking to win at any cost?
I mean, what goes around comes around...right?
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Re: Sauce for the goose?
That's because they can always transfer the blame to the citizen they were busting -- even if no crime was otherwise committed.
I think "felony murder" should be done away with -- not because we don't need it for real bad guys (we do) -- but because these days, it is mostly abused just like in this case.
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Only if the judge thinks the testimony is too prejudicial for the jury to ignore.
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Re: Two Corrections
I have to second this, because the misuse is driving me bonkers.
A brake is a device that slows a mechanism by friction. The device that stops a vehicle is a brake. Using the device to stop the vehicle is to brake, braking or braked, depending upon tense.
A break is either an interruption (I went on break to have some coffee, I will break into their conversation) or a destructive failure of something (bones break, bottles break, your vacuum cleander will break if you try to use it to clean your lawn). In the past tense, we say these things are broken.
You might say the car braked to a stop, but it is not the same thing at all to say the car has broken. Likewise, saying you will break my car will get you invited to stay away from it, because it is not at all the same as you saying you will brake the car.
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Meaningless accountability
I don't know why they didn't just wait until the year 2121 to hold Cassilly accountable. They could still proudly announce how they were "protecting the public" with no concerns about having to retry/release any of his victims.
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Night safety
Some officers need a remedial course in Personal Safety and Visibility at Night, C103 at the local kindergarten. Even the dark scenes in Pitch Black weren't this dark.
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Doesn't matter who you buy from. If Apple implements this, the other phone manufacturers will follow like a string of baby chicks.
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Governments, including US government, are always more concerned about threats from citizens than about external threats. Citizens are a direct threat to the power of the politicians in charge.
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Lap dances down at the nudie bar?
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It's for the intelligence agencies
Our government is just so tired of people going wherever they damn well please without permission or surveillance. "A camera in everyone's car" is just what they need as a way to know who is going where, and when.
A little facial identification software, and a quick (automated) query to DHS and you have a perfect pre-approval system for travel.
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Sure, why not?
...because whistleblower protections {sarcastic: always work so well}.
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Free markets unconcerned
Hey, Free Market here. Free Markets never concernt themselves with what the [hero/heel] is going to do with the [product] they're selling.
Depending on [product], how much that matters is variable. For example, [water] or [foodstuff] is probably okay, but not [WMD].
For NSO...I wouldn't trust their product in the hands of Jack Ryan.
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