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This started from the banning of video taping things happening in public A Deathwatch Guard Send a noteboard - 03/02/2012 08:22:22 PM
So if there is such a ban, then that violates the freedom of everyone who isn't a cop, and gives the cops opportunities to abuse their powers. To address this and prevent such abuses, I suggested putting cameras on the cops. That way, the public wouldn't be able to make the propaganda videos that they do, and police are still held accountable. It was the solution I offered as the best out of various evils.

Ideally, I think such cameras are unnecessary, and the public should be allowed to video tape whatever they like in public and do whatever they like with it afterward. If lots of people use that power to create videos that they post on youtube that reflect poorly on cops, then that means that all of those people, and all the people supporting those videos, are ones that would have been against cops in the first place, so nothing is really being altered. I guarantee you that there were plenty of people who saw the video of the cop spraying college kids and didn't rage against the injustice and abuse of power, but instead laughed and thought "good job!" I know because I was one of them, so no matter what videos are posted or not posted, there will always be people that think cops are evil, that think cops are great, that think protestors are stupid, that think protestors are great, etc. No one is really going to be convinced by anything.

And if you're unhappy with videos that are made legally, and that are then modified, then the solution isn't to ban the taking of videos or to support the banning of videotaping, because that erodes at the rights that you seem to so strongly support. Instead what you should be doing is making your own videos that portray cops or protestors in the opposite light, or at least engaged in some other form of dialogue with people to add your voice to the public opinion you agree with.
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police officiers have nothing to fear fromvideo taping? Sorry Joel but that is pure crap - 03/02/2012 01:01:51 AM 528 Views
There's a simple solution to this - 03/02/2012 02:38:05 AM 475 Views
Yeah, funny how well THAT worked. - 03/02/2012 02:59:17 AM 518 Views
would you take a job where your ever move was captured on tape? - 03/02/2012 02:59:46 AM 559 Views
I'm not asking them to wear them when they go home for the day - 03/02/2012 05:20:42 AM 493 Views
that is just Big Brother for thee but not for me - 03/02/2012 05:45:02 PM 566 Views
This started from the banning of video taping things happening in public - 03/02/2012 08:22:22 PM 504 Views
There are lots of jobs like that - 03/02/2012 06:19:21 AM 520 Views
and how many of those cameras are controlled by activist looking to smear them? - 03/02/2012 05:35:32 PM 592 Views
Isn't this already the case with many police officers / departments? - 03/02/2012 01:02:25 PM 433 Views
As joel pointed those cameras have off switches - 03/02/2012 06:02:51 PM 554 Views
I have a job that does that. *NM* - 03/02/2012 04:37:44 PM 184 Views
a lot of jobs monitor and area but very an individual to wear a camera *NM* - 03/02/2012 05:47:59 PM 186 Views
Movie projectionists do. *NM* - 04/02/2012 12:20:21 AM 133 Views
i can't tell if you're making a point or just stupid.... - 03/02/2012 02:42:11 AM 464 Views
The pepper spraying? That is the best you can do? - 03/02/2012 02:54:43 AM 697 Views
OK I see the problem and it is rampant ignorance - 03/02/2012 04:33:47 AM 541 Views
I think we could find a middle ground - 03/02/2012 06:06:32 AM 424 Views
I can sign on for all of that. - 03/02/2012 06:57:54 AM 541 Views
I agree there should be some middle ground - 03/02/2012 05:26:33 PM 474 Views
unfortunately most cops seem to want a double standard - 03/02/2012 02:39:01 AM 450 Views
Ah; I did not realize the SCOTUS had overturned that. - 03/02/2012 03:05:12 AM 402 Views
9-0 decision -- where were you? - 03/02/2012 06:53:56 AM 514 Views
Um, Norway? - 03/02/2012 07:08:11 AM 472 Views
Well, public or private, one does not leave one's right to privacy at the door - 03/02/2012 05:19:12 PM 431 Views
That is an unnervingly good point. - 03/02/2012 07:13:48 PM 479 Views

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