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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Tue Dec 2, 2014, 06:19 PM Dec 2014

Seriously - how safe and/or effective would it be for white people to stop and record [View all]

incidents in which people of color are stopped by the police? When I ask "How safe?", my concern is to avoid escalating a situation and getting people hurt.

On edit: the notion that simply having a white witness could help stop harassment of others is disgusting to me, but if it gets the point across to officers who think people of color are fair game.....

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Seriously - how safe and/or effective would it be for white people to stop and record [View all] hedgehog Dec 2014 OP

I think it would promote safety notadmblnd Dec 2014 #1

Everybody, not just whites, should record any police action they observe. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #2

I recall, a few months back ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #3

Thank you. Again, as a white woman, I find it totally disgusting that my skin color may give hedgehog Dec 2014 #5

In every discussion of white privilege ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #9

I haven't followed those discussions too closely - I've seen too much hedgehog Dec 2014 #13

I posted a few days ago XemaSab Dec 2014 #11

The flip side being, of course, XemaSab Dec 2014 #12

Escalation when the police know a camera is present is unlikely Kalidurga Dec 2014 #4

Are their any apps that will upload in real time? VScott Dec 2014 #7

So much for freedom Kalidurga Dec 2014 #8

A privileged exercise for all seveneyes Dec 2014 #6

The tape stands as evidence no matter who takes it. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #10

Sounds like whites can only believe/agree with what whites would say about it. Stellar Dec 2014 #14