SavannahMann
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The thing about a liar is they always lie. The thing about a thug is they can't resist being a thug. No matter what, they can't resist. When cops lie about probable cause for a search, or for any other reason, the last thing they want is proof that they are lying. When they lie, they don't want proof of the lie. That is where Video is the great enemy, and where the video proves them to be lying, the video is the enemy.
But Video is going everywhere these days. Video is available quickly on phones, mounted on buildings, and even live streamed on the internet. Corrupt cops hate video. When they are ignoring the Fourth Amendment, they damn sure don't want the First Amendment exposing it. When they are violating the fifth or sixth, they don't want video of it exposing it to the world.
Cops objecting to video is now the rage. Police video is being further restricted from the public in many states. Thou hast no right to see what the people you are paying are doing. They have rights that thou shall never have. The truth is that it is video that most often exposes a corrupt cop. So video is the worst enemy a corrupt cop has.
Police Misconduct which is run by the Cato Institute has a nice write up from a few days ago that is definitely worth reading. When Police Misconduct Violates First Amendment Rights
The number of cops being exposed by video is increasing as the prevalence of video increases. The police departments are pushing back. They don't want corrupt cops exposed. The idea that cops are good and trustworthy is believed by a hair more than half the population. Gallop's recent poll showed that 57% of the population have a great deal, or a lot of confidence in the Police. That is up exactly 1% from last year. Those numbers are remaining pretty steady in other words. Americans' Confidence in Institutions Edges Up
More cops are using threats, violence, and false arrest to prevent video from being recorded, and even destroying phones to try and destroy the video. That's one of the reasons I use the ACLU app. The video is live streamed to the ACLU, and stored not on my phone, but on the computers of the ACLU. Destroy my phone, and the video still exists. I don't have it, or have access to it to delete it. I couldn't delete it no matter what you threatened me with.
Cops like to be the watchers, they don't like being watched.
But Video is going everywhere these days. Video is available quickly on phones, mounted on buildings, and even live streamed on the internet. Corrupt cops hate video. When they are ignoring the Fourth Amendment, they damn sure don't want the First Amendment exposing it. When they are violating the fifth or sixth, they don't want video of it exposing it to the world.
Cops objecting to video is now the rage. Police video is being further restricted from the public in many states. Thou hast no right to see what the people you are paying are doing. They have rights that thou shall never have. The truth is that it is video that most often exposes a corrupt cop. So video is the worst enemy a corrupt cop has.
Police Misconduct which is run by the Cato Institute has a nice write up from a few days ago that is definitely worth reading. When Police Misconduct Violates First Amendment Rights
The number of cops being exposed by video is increasing as the prevalence of video increases. The police departments are pushing back. They don't want corrupt cops exposed. The idea that cops are good and trustworthy is believed by a hair more than half the population. Gallop's recent poll showed that 57% of the population have a great deal, or a lot of confidence in the Police. That is up exactly 1% from last year. Those numbers are remaining pretty steady in other words. Americans' Confidence in Institutions Edges Up
More cops are using threats, violence, and false arrest to prevent video from being recorded, and even destroying phones to try and destroy the video. That's one of the reasons I use the ACLU app. The video is live streamed to the ACLU, and stored not on my phone, but on the computers of the ACLU. Destroy my phone, and the video still exists. I don't have it, or have access to it to delete it. I couldn't delete it no matter what you threatened me with.
Cops like to be the watchers, they don't like being watched.