(August 11, 2015 at 5:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: So here's a 15 year old shot by the cops and, TA-DA there is no video..... I bet it was all his fault!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/10...tail=email
Quote:IMPD Lt. Richard Riddle said he does not believe the cars involved were equipped with dashboard cameras. IMPD officers are not currently wearing body cameras, as a pilot program that tested them ended last month.
In other words, body cameras or dashboard cameras simply aren't a priority in this department and we are left to believe whatever the police tell us about why they just absolutely had to kill this young man.
Having lived in Houston for many years, I have seen cops pull their weapons in situation that here in the UK the police (who are unarmed) try o use their verbal and tactical skills first. Some cops here carry Tazers and spray but there is quite strict guidelines on their usage. Some highly trained cops carry arms, these are usually present at airports or in specialist cars designed to respond to rare firearms crimes in the UK. I am not saying that cops in the UK are perfect, they certainly aren't. And, I admit that the UK does not have the high level of gun ownership that is prevalent in the states, But I admit I would not like to be a black man in some parts of the US with trigger happy armed cops about.
That said, when i lived in Texas, I did have my concealed carry and did so. Cannot do that here, but then I don't feel the need to either.
