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RE: Filming The Police In Public

in #government7 years ago

I think the most obvious point of filming police is to ensure that there is a witness if anything overly violent happens.

If the criminal kills the cop, it's recorded.
If the cop kills the criminal, it's recorded.

All police know the importance of a court, and all courts know the importance of evidence.

It's not about the "freedom to film", although that's important too. It's about the most obvious concept of filming a potentially violent confrontation, so that the truth is captured on camera, so that a court can see the truth easily.