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GreatGazoo

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35. Please tell the cameras aren't supplied under a deal with producers of Fox's "COPS"

Reply to LP2K12 (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2015, 10:04 AM

Jan 2015

They are going to get footage of people being killed by tasers, then what ?

and it won't take long before that happens. Here is one week's worth...

868. October 2, 2014: Michael Daryle Rose, 49, Flagstaff, Arizona
869. October 4, 2014: Lashano J. Gilbert, 31, New London, Connecticut
870. October 6, 2014: Iretha Lilly, 37, Waco, Texas
871. October 6, 2014: Balantine Mbegbu, Phoenix, Arizona
872. October 7, 2014: Daniel Tyson, 30, Hollywood, California

http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-follows-are-names-where-known.html

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L.A. police to get Tasers that activate body cameras when used [View all] LP2K12 Jan 2015 OP

Kind of like Keefer Jan 2015 #1

Agreed LP2K12 Jan 2015 #2

yes Locrian Jan 2015 #6

Cops argue that videos don't show all of the story. Downwinder Jan 2015 #9

Those ingenious LAPD cops. Why, what ever will they think of next? Here's a hint of what's KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #10

Shoot him with your revolver - no troublesome camera. Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2015 #14

Your post got me wondering Keefer Jan 2015 #15

I see a lot (some?) of chicago cops with revolvers. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2015 #21

OK, firearm then. But if they say their life was thretened and shot somone - no camera on! Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2015 #26

Why not have them run all the time??? DetlefK Jan 2015 #3

On DU, not long back, medical privacy was mentioned Trillo Jan 2015 #7

What if the camera runs while the cop takes a shit? Or while you take a shit? DetlefK Jan 2015 #11

Not seeing someone take a shit versus protecting above-the-law killers? Trillo Jan 2015 #12

You are going down a slippery-slope pretty fast. DetlefK Jan 2015 #16

It is the lack of justice that occurs with cops killing people that has created the slippery slope, Trillo Jan 2015 #20

You didn't read my earlier post. DetlefK Jan 2015 #23

I did read that post. I was just debating. Trillo Jan 2015 #25

If recording cops dropping a deuce is gonna save lives... Iggo Jan 2015 #17

Sigh. DetlefK Jan 2015 #24

Who gives a shit? Iggo Jan 2015 #27

Okay, big man. Come and prove that you don't give a shit. DetlefK Jan 2015 #31

How did you make that jump? Iggo Jan 2015 #33

You sounded like you don't care about people's pivacy. DetlefK Jan 2015 #34

It would most likely take a court order to get to any video. Ikonoklast Jan 2015 #29

It really depends on the particular state. Xithras Jan 2015 #30

I have a feeling there is a new hysteria going on on DU. DetlefK Jan 2015 #32

they should be on at all times! n/t wildbilln864 Jan 2015 #4

At.All.Times. Iggo Jan 2015 #28

Interesting, but it seems like that's a little too late. Why not activate the camera petronius Jan 2015 #5

So we'll get no context. Just what happens when the taser is fired. NYC Liberal Jan 2015 #8

rec for exposure, not for turning on cameras after tazing. They should be uppityperson Jan 2015 #13

Still not sure what the point is nichomachus Jan 2015 #18

It's like the director yelling "ACTION!" Pull out that taser and put on your best show. Ed Suspicious Jan 2015 #19

good. samsingh Jan 2015 #22

Please tell the cameras aren't supplied under a deal with producers of Fox's "COPS" GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #35