What do we do about these motherfucking cops in this country?

[Lee-Lee]

110. I fully agree on cameras

They do several things. First is they cut out most bogus complaints. When dash cams first came out and people were not used to them when there was video of an alleged officer misconduct in more than 90% of cases it vindicated the officer, and in fact in 50% of cases once the complaintent became aware there was video they withdrew the complaint.

The case is cited above in Salisbury where a minister and the NAACP were claiming abuse is a great example. I can only assume that the minister assumed that after a year the footage of the stop where he claimed he was mistreated was long deleted- but it wasn't.

False allegations against LE way, way outnumber legitimate ones. Some people do it just out of spite. So do it for attention. So do it hoping they can get out of whatever trouble they are in. Some hope for a payday. Cameras and audio can go a long way toward reducing that, making it easier to go after legit misconduct cases.

That said, it must be remembered that you have to keep video in context, what is on the video is not all or everything the officer sees, it can be more or less. Cameras don't have peripheral vision and don't turn as the officers head does. In low light situations or looking into the sun the cameras optics may be able to see better, or worse, than the officers eyes do. A camera can't show things like an officer feeling resistive tension as they go to cuff somebody, a sign of tensing up before one begins to resist or fight.

They are a great tool, and should be more widespread. But they record a version of events from only the cameras perspective, so what they record has to be kept in perspective.