Cops get judged in the public arena all the time with little edited pieces of propaganda. Look at the cop who everyone was so pissed off because he pepper sprayed those prissy little protesters in California. They left out the parts where the police tried to physical remove them but couldn't because they were locking their arms together and they left out the part they were repeatedly warned what happen if they chose to stay they and get peppered sprayed. All we see is the video of a cop casually walking up and hitting them in the face with pepper spray.

Guess what cops have to deal with violent drunk dirt bags and drug abusers all the time and sometimes that requires force. The have to deal with crazy people who strike for no reason and try to attack them. They have to pull over stranger in the middle of the night not knowing if they are dealing with a soccer mom coming back from a mom’s night out or drug trafficker armed to the teeth and enough drugs in the trunk to send them to prison for life. It isn't hard to make the legal and justified use of force look bad with edited video or even with unedited video simply because the police at times have to use force to get gain compliance and watching a stronger person use force on a weaker one always looks bad for the stronger one. Well getting fair fights is not what police are trained to do.

Catching truly back behavior on tape is all fine and good but telling police officers they have to live in a free fire zone of edited videos and public opinion based on youtube will not in any way shape or form get you better cops. How would you feel if people were following you around trying to get a piece of video they could use to attack you and cost you your career? Who would sign up for that kind of crap? Bad behavior happens all the time do support having cameras watch everything everyone does or is that an indignity that should be reserved for peace officers?