A Statement from Commissioner and Colonel Concerning the Memphis, Tenn. Incident (released 01/27/2023 7:57 pm)ThemesOfMurderBears t1_j6865qd wrote
Reply to comment by TreeEleben in A Statement from Commissioner and Colonel Concerning the Memphis, Tenn. Incident (released 01/27/2023 7:57 pm) by BobbyBuzz008
I was pretty flagrantly against body cameras for a while. But I have a friend I respect a lot that made some good arguments for them. Between that and seeing how they can be used to expose cop behavior, I am 100% on board. Mandatory body cameras for every officer.
Ideally, an independent company or companies that store and encrypt all footage, that police would have no ability to access — but that is probably a “pie in the sky” idea.
thesbaine t1_j6872n1 wrote
Why were you against body cams?
BDMayhem t1_j69heub wrote
I'm definitely in favor of body cams, but there are legitimate privacy concerns, especially if the footage is made public. The citizens with whom they interact have not consented to be recorded and may have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
They have to be implemented in the right way to meet both needs of police accountability and the general public's privacy.
tokeytime t1_j68kgto wrote
There is, in my mind, no good argument for the lack of body cameras, outside of allowing the police to have carte blanche...which isn't a good thing!
maggot_flavored t1_j68jgla wrote
How on earth could you be against body cameras? Im glad your mind changed but why would you not want it?
SFD8-4-0 t1_j6af8bs wrote
I'm in favor of body cams, but I can see why they aren't always a good thing. Cops interact with people in all kinds of situations. For instance if someone you cared about was hurt or killed in a car wreck, would you want footage of that ending up online? As long as there is a recording, there is a possibility of that recording being made public.
maggot_flavored t1_j6ao4op wrote
I’ll take that risk knowing cops can’t break the law and abuse their power.
The chance of that happening is a lot lower and well worth the possibility of a cop being a complete piece of shit
SFD8-4-0 t1_j6aql84 wrote
You remember when Kobe Bryant died in that helicopter crash, and assholes posted pics of the victims online? It's shit like that I don't want family members to have to deal with. Any it's pretty obvious that cops ARE breaking the law even with the cameras.
Like I said, on the whole cameras are a good thing, point is that they might not always be a good thing.
maggot_flavored t1_j6atbyn wrote
Im still not going to budge on that opinion that no matter what all cops should have body cams, and they should not be controlled by the cops. Can’t turn them off or tamper with them. Third party controlled.
After all, it’s my tax dollars paying these clowns
Fmy925 t1_j69fk5t wrote
Imagine being against bodycams? The delusion is real.
EmpireBooks t1_j6a92v7 wrote
unless you're in law enforcement or related to someone who is. only reason i can think of.
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