cops wearing cams. what do you think?

[SummerSnow]

I think cops who are dirty will use the " during-the-struggle-he-tore-the-camera-off-me-and-it-was-destroyed" so no evidence can be collected.

[hollysmom]

1. i think it is a sad state of affairs and that one more nail

in my current belief that most people are just out for themselves. so few idealists left, so few people who believe we are in it together,

[immoderate]

2. That would be suspicious.

--imm

[olddots]

3. digital image manipulation is very easy

We need morals and justice for all before tech games and gizmos .

[Anansi1171]

4. Not just cop cams - they should be LIVESTREAMED at every...

...moment while on-duty. The public should be able to view with anonymity. Stand watch over the watchmen.

Will never happen. They mean to rule.

[Rex]

5. The fact that they have to wear cameras to keep them on the right path is pathetic.

We should be able to trust cops.

[lovemydog]

6. Yeah, there would be some abuse.

I think different jurisdictions should try different things.

Cameras on police does seem to reduce reports of police abuse in some jurisdictions. So if they want to pay the taxes to finance it in those jurisdictions then I'm all for it.

[stlsaxman]

7. Absolutely. You honestly think an armed cop would get in a "struggle"?

Mount it in their helmets/hats and unload them at the end of every shift.

The perfect retort to any cop that refuses should be "What do you have to hide?"

Sound familiar?

[WillowTree]

8. Good idea. Could provide protetion for both good citizens and good cops.

[Cleita]

9. Probably.

On the other hand, it could be an unbiased witness. I got a speeding ticket today. I got caught in a speed trap. I was going a whole seven miles over the posted speed limit.

However, I thought about it later. When the officer asked me for my drivers license I had to grab my purse off the floor on the passenger side and then rummage through it for my license. Then he asked me for my registration, which I had to reach over and open the glove compartment to dig through a lot of trash to extract it.

If I had been a black man, I probably would have been shot because in both actions I could have been accused of reaching for a gun. I think this is where any kind of a camera recording the scene would have been helpful. Maybe we should have cameras in our cars too.

[Spazito]

10. I think it would be an improvement...

along with the public using their cell phones, etc, to video the incident if they are present. It won't ensure a tragedy as occurred when wilson murdered Michael Brown won't happen again but it might well reduce the number of them.

[Indydem]

12. So what would a camera have proven in the Wilson case?

The evidence is not in dispute.

The only question remains whether Wilson's use of force was justified.

Many will say "no" because they do not believe that cops should ever be allowed to use lethal force for any reason.

The grand jury, however, disagreed.

A video of this case wouldn't have made a bit of difference except that Michael Brown would have been seen in living color charging at a police officer, and that still wouldn't be enough for many people.

[brush]

13. Are you still believing that he charged the cop?

None of the several other witnesses said that at all. I mean who charges someone firing live rounds at them. No one. Don't believe the hype of the superhuman negro who can't be stopped by repeated volleys of bullets. It's racist claptrap.

Only the cop and one other so-called "witness" say he charged the cop. That's nothing but made-up foolishness. No one, I repeat, no one, charges into live bullets.

And even the cop said Brown charged from over 100 feet — how is that life-threatening?

If Wilson, all 6' 4" of him and armed with the only gun between he and Brown, felt his life was threatened from over 100 feet by the unarmed teenager, he has to be the biggest fu_cking coward around and all he had to do was get his scared behind back in his car and wait for back-up.

Do you get it now how ridiculous that story sounds? He just wanted to inflict punishment on the teen who challenged his authority.

That killer cop is a liar.

[kelliekat44]

14. I would rather arm all black males with cams. I trust them to leave them on when an encounter

happens.