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Yeah, funny how well THAT worked. Joel Send a noteboard - 03/02/2012 02:59:17 AM
Police should be the ones with cameras on them, that they cannot tamper with, remove, edit, etc. Then if there are any claims of issues during the arrest, complaints, etc, all they have to do is check through the records and see what really happened. No editing, no propaganda, just the truth. Or as close to it as anyone's likely to come.

That said, while you raise some good points and people do abuse the power to video tape the police (just like they can abuse the power to video tape anyone), forbidding all video taping and recording of any sort is another sort of abuse. You can't justify one abuse because other potential abuses could have happened.

They put cameras on police cruisers to protect cops from claims of abuse, but gave cops the ability to turn them off at will. The pathetic thing is how many cops forgot to do so before committing some rather stunning crimes.
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Upcoming Chicago G8 Summit Focuses Attention on Illinois First Amendment Infringement - 03/02/2012 12:20:25 AM 955 Views
police officiers have nothing to fear fromvideo taping? Sorry Joel but that is pure crap - 03/02/2012 01:01:51 AM 530 Views
There's a simple solution to this - 03/02/2012 02:38:05 AM 476 Views
Yeah, funny how well THAT worked. - 03/02/2012 02:59:17 AM 520 Views
would you take a job where your ever move was captured on tape? - 03/02/2012 02:59:46 AM 561 Views
I'm not asking them to wear them when they go home for the day - 03/02/2012 05:20:42 AM 494 Views
that is just Big Brother for thee but not for me - 03/02/2012 05:45:02 PM 567 Views
This started from the banning of video taping things happening in public - 03/02/2012 08:22:22 PM 506 Views
There are lots of jobs like that - 03/02/2012 06:19:21 AM 521 Views
and how many of those cameras are controlled by activist looking to smear them? - 03/02/2012 05:35:32 PM 593 Views
Isn't this already the case with many police officers / departments? - 03/02/2012 01:02:25 PM 434 Views
As joel pointed those cameras have off switches - 03/02/2012 06:02:51 PM 555 Views
I have a job that does that. *NM* - 03/02/2012 04:37:44 PM 185 Views
a lot of jobs monitor and area but very an individual to wear a camera *NM* - 03/02/2012 05:47:59 PM 187 Views
Movie projectionists do. *NM* - 04/02/2012 12:20:21 AM 134 Views
i can't tell if you're making a point or just stupid.... - 03/02/2012 02:42:11 AM 467 Views
The pepper spraying? That is the best you can do? - 03/02/2012 02:54:43 AM 698 Views
OK I see the problem and it is rampant ignorance - 03/02/2012 04:33:47 AM 543 Views
I think we could find a middle ground - 03/02/2012 06:06:32 AM 427 Views
I can sign on for all of that. - 03/02/2012 06:57:54 AM 542 Views
I agree there should be some middle ground - 03/02/2012 05:26:33 PM 475 Views
unfortunately most cops seem to want a double standard - 03/02/2012 02:39:01 AM 451 Views
Ah; I did not realize the SCOTUS had overturned that. - 03/02/2012 03:05:12 AM 403 Views
9-0 decision -- where were you? - 03/02/2012 06:53:56 AM 517 Views
Um, Norway? - 03/02/2012 07:08:11 AM 473 Views
Well, public or private, one does not leave one's right to privacy at the door - 03/02/2012 05:19:12 PM 434 Views
That is an unnervingly good point. - 03/02/2012 07:13:48 PM 480 Views

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