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Police Officers Seek Right Not To Be Recorded
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."
When teachers didn't want to be tested as they claimed that testing was a poor indicator of someone ability. Go Figure.
Now take away their American Idol
Can that really be done??? Please?? Can you do it??
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Couldn't you just have said they have tiny genitals?
Until then, it's one more example of the way in which cops are increasingly generally subpar people, recruited from the less educated and less successful demographics of society, eager to hold a gun, and drawn to the profession precisely because they feel powerless in other areas of their life as a result of their general lack of merit, and thus need to abuse citizens in order to compensate for this lack.
The system is happy to hide the occasional act of injustice (and punish those who expose them) because the public's trust in the institution is vital to its continued functioning. It's paradoxical, unfair, illogical... and true.
We’ve always been at war with Eastasia.
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Achievement Unlocked: Submissive
YouTube link to the irate caller who didn't like them to interrupt the season finale with a tornado warning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJdhmsfbPg&feature=player_embedded/
Ever tried to subdue someone on PCP? Six police with batons sometimes can't slow them down.
I hear that fast moving pieces of lead are moderately effective at slowing them down.....
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
I've been completely happy with my interactions with cops here in the US. Every time I've been pulled over (for legitimate speeding) the cop was polite and nice, didn't throw his authority around.
You must be white.
I think this discussion here in the forum fails to recognize the other side of this issue. How would you feel if, while carrying out your duties of your job, your actions were monitored? What if certain people in your organization then had the ability to look at the result of that and assess your performance? How would you like to be periodically evaluated?
You wouldn't be able to get away with nuthin'!
but have you considered the following argument: shut up.