Didn’t the McKinney, Texas, police officer know he was being recorded?

[liberal N proud]

This is the question the media is asking? Did he know he was on camera?



A police officer slams an unarmed 15-year-old girl in a bikini to the ground, pulls his gun and kneels on her as teens on either side of him shout and, of course, record the encounter. Within hours, millions watch the video: Some see a defenseless black teen being manhandled by an out-of-control white cop; others see a lone, scared officer in the crowded, chaotic aftermath of a fight he doesn’t yet understand.

Cellphone video has become as much a part of policing as tickets and handcuffs. Video images of police shootings have sparked national turmoil. But Friday’s ugly, cacophonous scene in McKinney, Tex., at first seemed like something more routine — a call about misbehaving teens at a pool party on a hot Texas afternoon.

Then it went awry, at least in the seven-minute version of reality that a local teen posted on YouTube. The clip is the classic kind of video that can crush public trust in police. Yet paradoxically, police chiefs are pushing for more video, in the form of body cameras, to repair relations with those they serve.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/didnt-the-mckinney-tex-police-officer-know-he-was-being-recorded/2015/06/08/504033e6-0df7-11e5-9726-49d6fa26a8c6_story.html

[CincyDem]

1. Body cameras and their content will be controlled by the police

I see this push as a way to rebalance control. Today, in most states it is legal to video an officer. If we get to police body cameras I envision a world in which it is no legal for private citizens to video an officer. The argument will be that it's no an issue since the police camera is creating a record of the incident and therefore, there's no need for a citizen to put themselves in harms way by videoing the incident.

Classic propaganda technique. First step in controlling the message is to control the data.

This is about data control.

[onecaliberal]

2. The kid recording on his phone is white. He said it was as though he was invisible.

He was not bothered in any way by police.

[Malraiders]

3. He posted the video on his own

FaceBook page. so maybe he is proud of his actions.

[snooper2]

4. Um, yeah, considering he pointed and yelled at the guy recording to back-up out of there

which he didn't do...

I would have said-

Fuck you copper, I'm in a public place and I'm free to record whatever I want-

cop-You're Interfering!

Fuck off cop, I'm back away enough from you so you don't feel "threatened"

cop-I need to see your id!

Screw you, do you suspect me of committing a crime?

Most cops are pretty stupid....So you have to explain the law to them as you go-

On Edit, one of my favorites!
Unlawful Search Defeated In 7 Seconds

[Stardust]

10. Gutsy, snooper2!

[Nye Bevan]

5. I think he's proud of the somersault thing.

Bit of showboating for the camera there.

[JaneyVee]

6. Imagine how he would act if it wasn't being filmed.

[ohheckyeah]

7. A lot of people

don't seem to know that they can be filmed and/or photographed by anyone as long as they are in public. Nobody has the right to expect privacy in public.

[herding cats]

8. He had added the video to his youtube channel

After it leaked out it was his channel he deleted it and all his other videos from there, but it was there at one point.

If I were to venture a guess, I'd say he doesn't think he did anything wrong.

[ann---]

9. He should be

fired for assaulting that young girl. She WAS sitting on the ground when he
kept yelling at her to sit on the ground. He had it in for her - it was obvious.

It's a good thing the other cop was nice enough to help her up and
allow her to sit up after this lunatic cop wrestled her to the ground.
What was in his mind?

Wonder if he's married and what his wife (or children) think of his horrible actions.