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Recording the Police
Bruce Schneier says "I've written a lot on the 'War on Photography,' where normal people are harassed as potential terrorists for taking pictures of things in public. This article is different; it's about recording the police: Allison's predicament is an extreme example of a growing and disturbing trend. As citizens increase their scrutiny of law enforcement officials through technologies such as cell phones..."
That happens because, as I mentioned, the perp generally deserved it.
And if you don't like how it's being done, you can try to get on a CRB yourself just by filling out a form.
Sure, there's politics involved. When isn't there? You're doing it now, by posting opinions about how the process is rotten.
blahblahblah the Pope blahblahblah child abuse blahblah.
Stop drinking in public.
I feel fantastic, and I'm still alive.
The thing is, people who videotape the police are mostly doing so for the same reasons that Julian Assange releases secret documents about the US government. That is, not because they're performing their civic duty to unmask corrupt individuals, but rather because they hate the police/US government. So don't make this into an argument over ethical superiority, and especially not with some lame straw man argument about DADT.