(December 5, 2014 at 6:58 am)Heywood Wrote:

(December 5, 2014 at 4:20 am)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: What's the point of putting bodycams on police? You can shoot video clearly showing cops murdering a man and they still get off without even a slap on the wrist.

The point of putting bodycams on cops is so that we can see what the cops are doing.

Is that supposed to make us feel better, though. It doesn't even seem to slow the cops down.

(December 5, 2014 at 11:56 am)Minimalist Wrote:

(December 5, 2014 at 6:58 am)Heywood Wrote: The point of putting bodycams on cops is so that we can see what the cops are doing.

Is that supposed to make us feel better, though. It doesn't even seem to slow the cops down.

It allows people to make informed decisions on the behavior of their police.

It allows us to make informed decisions. It doesn't allow us to do anything about it. The police are almost always above the law.

(December 5, 2014 at 12:10 pm)Losty Wrote: It allows us to make informed decisions. It doesn't allow us to do anything about it. The police are almost always above the law.

The law will most certainly change because we got to see how the police actually behaved in the Gardner case. After it does, next time someone dies because of a choke hold, a cop will be prosecuted.

The cop who shot Oscar Grant was prosecuted and it probably would not have happened if it weren't for the video.

It baffles me that people are even making the claim "what is the point of body cameras". Well the point of the body cameras is so that the policed can police the police.

Quote: After it does, next time someone dies because of a choke hold, a cop will be prosecuted.

I just don't share your confidence in the system, Woodie. Until there are independent prosecutors appointed who are not asshole-buddies of the cops things will never change.

(December 5, 2014 at 12:34 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote: After it does, next time someone dies because of a choke hold, a cop will be prosecuted.

I just don't share your confidence in the system, Woodie. Until there are independent prosecutors appointed who are not asshole-buddies of the cops things will never change.

thousands of Americans are killed by police every year through "death by chokehold" where's your sympathy for them

(December 5, 2014 at 12:31 pm)Heywood Wrote:

(December 5, 2014 at 12:10 pm)Losty Wrote: It allows us to make informed decisions. It doesn't allow us to do anything about it. The police are almost always above the law.

The law will most certainly change because we got to see how the police actually behaved in the Gardner case. After it does, next time someone dies because of a choke hold, a cop will be prosecuted.

The cop who shot Oscar Grant was prosecuted and it probably would not have happened if it weren't for the video.

It baffles me that people are even making the claim "what is the point of body cameras". Well the point of the body cameras is so that the policed can police the police.

I definitely think they should have to wear them. I'm just not so sure that anything will actually change. Call it a lack of faith...

(December 5, 2014 at 1:16 pm)Losty Wrote:

(December 5, 2014 at 12:31 pm)Heywood Wrote: The law will most certainly change because we got to see how the police actually behaved in the Gardner case. After it does, next time someone dies because of a choke hold, a cop will be prosecuted.

The cop who shot Oscar Grant was prosecuted and it probably would not have happened if it weren't for the video.

It baffles me that people are even making the claim "what is the point of body cameras". Well the point of the body cameras is so that the policed can police the police.

I definitely think they should have to wear them. I'm just not so sure that anything will actually change. Call it a lack of faith...

The police in this country are not so powerful that we can't force change on their behavior if we don't like it.

(December 5, 2014 at 12:45 pm)simplemoss Wrote:

(December 5, 2014 at 12:34 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I just don't share your confidence in the system, Woodie. Until there are independent prosecutors appointed who are not asshole-buddies of the cops things will never change.

thousands of Americans are killed by police every year through "death by chokehold" where's your sympathy for them

Far more are shot by trigger-happy cops.

(December 4, 2014 at 2:24 pm)Manowar Wrote:

(December 4, 2014 at 1:25 pm)simplemoss Wrote: That shouldn't matter Manowar

It should not matter but I think it does. If I am stopped by a cop ( I am white) would they call for backup? If they did call for backup would there be a van of cops? I was just wondering why so many cops responded. I think race may have something to do with it, that's why I asked if you were black or white

if it matters so much im half white, half black I am usually mistaken for Hispanic or middle eastern