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Police Officers Seek Right Not To Be Recorded

Posted by kdawson on from the ain't-nobody's-bidness-if-we-do dept.

linzeal writes "When the police act as though cameras were the equivalent of guns pointed at them, there is a sense in which they are correct. Cameras have become the most effective weapon that ordinary people have to protect against and to expose police abuse. And the police want it to stop. Judges, juries, and legislatures support the police overwhelmingly on this issue, with only a few cases where those accused of 'shooting' the cops being vindicated through the courts."

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  1. Re:The steady slide to Police State continues by Shakrai · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yeah, but watching condemned criminals hack each other to death with swords while being eaten by lions had to be more entertaining than swallowing a pill or watching would-be musical stars compete to see who can avoid being yelled at by a smug British guy.

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  2. Re:AMERICAN CITIZEN KILLED BY TURK ON ISRAELI GROU by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Offtopic.

    Self defense by the Israelis.

  3. Re:Fair's fair by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    what legal privileges exactly? cops have a tough job and it's shitty pay. let me guess, you got busted speeding or something and now your all pissy at police?

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