There are many, many, good police officers, by which I mean police officers who don't use unnecessary force, do their best to enforce the law, and try not to use their power arbitrarily. The problem is those that don't. There are too many that don't. And there are obviously way too many who who protect those who don't.
Any police officer who objects to vest and/or dashboard cameras, or citizen videos is a bad cop. Any guy trying to do his job and not shelter bad cops wouldn't object to a little video tape.
My experience with police officers has been entirely positive. But I live in a white suburban upper middle class neighborhood, and with the exception of my college years have done so all my life. And I know, because we do know people who are upper middle class and not white, that while they are not getting shot here in Salem, they sure do seem to get pulled over a lot, questioned for walking a lot, and otherwise harassed by the police for no reason other than color. At least they're not getting shot here. But that seems a rather minimum standard don't you think?
Any police officer who objects to vest and/or dashboard cameras, or citizen videos is a bad cop. Any guy trying to do his job and not shelter bad cops wouldn't object to a little video tape.
My experience with police officers has been entirely positive. But I live in a white suburban upper middle class neighborhood, and with the exception of my college years have done so all my life. And I know, because we do know people who are upper middle class and not white, that while they are not getting shot here in Salem, they sure do seem to get pulled over a lot, questioned for walking a lot, and otherwise harassed by the police for no reason other than color. At least they're not getting shot here. But that seems a rather minimum standard don't you think?
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.