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elleng

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1. All police throughout the country? NO,

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 09:45 PM

Mar 2015

of course not. The FBI and other federal police-type corps? Yes. There are MANY individual jurisdictions throughout the country, which makes stuff confusing and difficult.

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Can the president use executive powers to make the all police wear cameras? Breaking news about [View all] Maraya1969 Mar 2015 OP

All police throughout the country? NO, elleng Mar 2015 #1

They might be able to influence all jurisdictions that accept federal funds Major Nikon Mar 2015 #4

Congress could potentially place those sorts of restrictions on funds tritsofme Mar 2015 #5

They could try to do that, yes. elleng Mar 2015 #6

No. n/t Still Sensible Mar 2015 #2

Like 10 Trillion cameras aren't fucking enough!!! Who's being watched???!!! blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #3

The cameras are there to watch the cops. A person who is a witness or a victim is not videotaped Maraya1969 Mar 2015 #9

IMO body cameras don't cut it. LiberalFighter Mar 2015 #7

Please look at my oirginal post again please. I've added a study. Maraya1969 Mar 2015 #11

I know your OP is supposed to be about Ferguson, and the Trillo Mar 2015 #8

Negative...I can't imagine how. It would require appropriations for one thing. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #10