Body cams should never be off PERIOD

[central17]

Go back and read the responses when i first posted this thread and some of the responses were ridiculous. It's a win win for everyone in my opinion. More jobs created(independent film reviewers),bad cops expunged, frivolous lawsuits against good cops mitigated and irrefutable evidence. There's thousands of innocent men and women in jail due to dirty cops. This needs to addressed immediately.

Good topic of discussion. Gamecane1979, typically you and I do not agree on a lot. But I think (and hope) my response was that I 100% agreed with your assessment of the need for Law Enforcement Body Cams to be on from shift start to stop. I assume they can be pointed in an appropriate direction during bodily functions.

Can we agree that doing so would protect all parties from horrible outcomes, such as the worst:
* A citizen being wrongfully harmed in a police encounter.
* Law enforcement harassing or bullying a citizen that has not been a real jerk first. Special care should be expected from law enforcement to those with physical, mental, health related issues or old age.
*Law enforcement being falsely accused, e.g. suspect pulls weapon, officer fires and suspects family complains that he should only been shot in the leg or arm, no less, why did the officer fire first when a gun was pointed at his head. "Didn't he know little Jimmy (28 felonies) was a sweet kid and would never hurt anyone"?
And even:
*Just dumb ass cop's fleecing citizens for traffic ticket Quota'$ or falsely pulling over hot moms on fake traffic charges outside of a school to try to get a date? This is far more common than a lot of people would like to believe.

To conclude, I hope we can agree that there is no room in a civil society for Dirty Cops or False accusations about Good Cops? Curious as to what the board thinks of this statement?

 

[gamecane1979]

Good topic of discussion. Gamecane1979, typically you and I do not agree on a lot. But I think (and hope) my response was that I 100% agreed with your assessment of the need for Law Enforcement Body Cams to be on from shift start to stop. I assume they can be pointed in an appropriate direction during bodily functions.

Can we agree that doing so would protect all parties from horrible outcomes, such as the worst:
* A citizen being wrongfully harmed in a police encounter.
* Law enforcement harassing or bullying a citizen that has not been a real jerk first. Special care should be expected from law enforcement to those with physical, mental, health related issues or old age.
*Law enforcement being falsely accused, e.g. suspect pulls weapon, officer fires and suspects family complains that he should only been shot in the leg or arm, no less, why did the officer fire first when a gun was pointed at his head. "Didn't he know little Jimmy (28 felonies) was a sweet kid and would never hurt anyone"?
And even:
*Just dumb ass cop's fleecing citizens for traffic ticket Quota'$ or falsely pulling over hot moms on fake traffic charges outside of a school to try to get a date? This is far more common than a lot of people would like to believe.

To conclude, I hope we can agree that there is no room in a civil society for Dirty Cops or False accusations about Good Cops? Curious as to what the board thinks of this statement?

It's a win win for everyone involved except dirty cops and the prison for pay industries.

 

[central17]

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Glad the cameras caught this piece of shit officer giving a unlawful order. This why people are asking to defund the police. This isn't a good cop. This is a individual wearing a badge and abusing his authority. Hope this thug receives a nice sentence and is raped.....repeatedly.

GameGane, please put up this video without vile editorial comments and you might find that myself and others would provide supporting conmments. I am not saying this to be argumentative. Seriously, please start a new thread with this video and a reasonably non inflamatory title, maybe something like "Video of Police abusing a non violent citizen". Give it a try, you might be pleasantly surprised with the result.

 

[gamecane1979]

GameGane, please put up this video without vile editorial comments and you might find that myself and others would provide supporting conmments. I am not saying this to be argumentative. Seriously, please start a new thread with this video and a reasonably non inflamatory title, maybe something like "Video of Police abusing a non violent citizen". Give it a try, you might be pleasantly surprised with the result.

Nah I'm good on that. You wanna be PC when it suits you. The truth is ugly sometimes. I don't need support when facts are facts.

 

[honeyiv]

I am in favor of body cams for police. But....I am also in favor of giving the police 2 "free malfunctions" per month. The shit people that they have to deal with on an every day basis is staggering.

 

[gamecane1979]

UPDATE: West Georgia police chief resigns, officer fired after bodycam video shows them using racial slurs

Both men can be heard using the N-word throughout the conversation.

www.wsbtv.com

I know they've put someone away for simply being black. Every case either one of these racist POS has worked should be looked at thoroughly.There are thousands upon thousands of officers that feel this exact same way. I pray body cameras are a high priority for this administration.