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Citizens Given Video Cameras To Monitor Police

Posted by kdawson on from the project-vigilant dept.

atommota writes "After years of complaints of police misconduct, the ACLU is giving free video cameras to some residents of high-crime neighborhoods in St. Louis, MO to help them monitor officers. The ACLU of Eastern Missouri launched the project Wednesday after television crews last year broadcast video of officers punching and kicking a suspect who led police on a car chase. 'The idea here is to level the playing field, so it's not just your word against the police's word,' said Brenda Jones, executive director of the ACLU chapter. The ACLU has worked closely with the police to make sure they are aware of this program. This is in stark contrast to the recent Pennsylvania arrest for felony wiretapping of a guy who was videotaping a police stop."

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  1. What do you do it. . . by ookabooka · · Score: 4, Funny

    What do you do if the cops say "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."?

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    1. Re:What do you do it. . . by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'd be a lot more worried about him shoving a nightstick up my ass and breaking the camera.

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    2. Re:What do you do it. . . by lymond01 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yah...10x digital zoom, not optical.

      Lawyer: Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, as you can see plainly here, some Pac-Man looking individual who we assume is the victim is being bumped into repeatedly by a dark blue blob....

    3. Re:What do you do it. . . by Chris+Burke · · Score: 2, Funny

      Inky: Pac-Man was resisting arrest! He kept going for the power pellet, so I had to subdue him for my own safety!

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    4. Re:What do you do it. . . by droopycom · · Score: 3, Funny

      I totally agree, at least the President should be able to speak english!

    5. Re:What do you do it. . . by Kandenshi · · Score: 4, Funny

      I agree entirely
      English is the language of the land.

    6. Re:What do you do it. . . by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...failure to obey a lawful order = arrest/taser/mace

      Hopefully not in that order.

  2. Tomorrows headlines by Kainaw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pawn shops in high crime areas, such as St. Louis, have an overload of camcorders for sale dirt cheap!

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    1. Re:Tomorrows headlines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was hoping for a boom in amateur erotica.

    2. Re:Tomorrows headlines by BlackCobra43 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Be careful what you wish for. Have you seen the average American today?

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  3. Long hair = beating? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ah yes, another jealous BALD guy trashing us longhairs, what a sorry GIT you are!

  4. In a related story... by jpellino · · Score: 3, Funny

    Police issued huuuuuuge magnets.

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  5. Re:Having had the crap beat out of me by cops... by Hatta · · Score: 2, Funny

    No grown man has any business using the term "inexcusable hairstyle faux pas".

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