[quote=FlyerInHi]You inferred the state of mind of the police. Not me.
I don’t pretend to read the mind of the police. From conversation with people, I do however know that many who support the police want the police to have the discretion to “take losers out of the gene pool.” I certainly don’t want the police to have such power.
Videos are becoming ubiquitous. Buildings and people will soon have cameras that automatucally record without getting in “the police’s faces”. You inferred that filming equals getting in the way/getting in faces/low level vigilantism. Not the case at all.
There was a recent case in NY where police got private security video and doctored it to cover their asses. More proof of lying and collusion among police officers and others within the department.
Prior to positive proof of police lying, we mostly assumed that the police was truthful. Police lying was anecdotal and easily dismissed away.[/quote]
I didn’t infer anything of the sort , I directly responded to a comment like , “tough shit if camera user are in the way” and my comment was followed up by more” tough shit if camera users are in the way”, public servants etc. That’s vigilante.
I think the activities of filming cops especially with voice needs to be really well debated. Lots of potential problems , what if the discussions tip off entire gangs as to what the police hope to do in favor of law in order. Let’s say you want to know if your stadium bombing or bank robbery is a bust , just put a camera on your bomber or someone following him and film the cops. Drive by and shoot cops and your bomber so nobody talks. Sort of messing around but I hope better minds, for this topic, do look things over very well.
