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F is for Fascism (Ferguson MO)

Do you think the prevalence of camera phones, dash cams, and basically everything that happens ever in public being documented affects both officers' and the general publics' behavior?
 
ONW said:
Do you think the prevalence of camera phones, dash cams, and basically everything that happens ever in public being documented affects both officers' and the general publics' behavior?
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I think to a small extent it has. What would really be a game changer is if every cop had to wear a body camera at all times while on duty.

I'm not sure if it's Rialto or San Bernardino but somewhere inland has been wearing them for a couple of years. Incidents on both sides of the law have gone down dramatically.
 
ONW said:
Do you think the prevalence of camera phones, dash cams, and basically everything that happens ever in public being documented affects both officers' and the general publics' behavior?
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Absolutely, how could it not?
 
I was on the Interstate the other day when I passed a Sheriff's Deputy sitting in a cruiser on the side of the road. Ignoring all drivers of other races, this deputy began to follow me. When I speeded up, he speeded up, when I slowed down, he slowed down. When I pulled off in the emergency lane he did too. I finally just got out of the car and met him on the pavement and asked him why he was following me. He mumbled something about me doing 79 where the speed limit was 70.
 
RJKarl said:
I think to a small extent it has. What would really be a game changer is if every cop had to wear a body camera at all times while on duty.

I'm not sure if it's Rialto or San Bernardino but somewhere inland has been wearing them for a couple of years. Incidents on both sides of the law have gone down dramatically.
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Its a great idea and everyone should be moving towards that. And I believe someone else posted earlier that incidents and complaints on officers probably shouldn't be handled solely by the police department, I think an independent 3rd party should absolutely be involved
 
tau06 said:
Its a great idea and everyone should be moving towards that. And I believe someone else posted earlier that incidents and complaints on officers probably shouldn't be handled solely by the police department, I think an independent 3rd party should absolutely be involved
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That's a reasonable idea as well.
 
RJKarl said:
I think to a small extent it has. What would really be a game changer is if every cop had to wear a body camera at all times while on duty.

I'm not sure if it's Rialto or San Bernardino but somewhere inland has been wearing them for a couple of years. Incidents on both sides of the law have gone down dramatically.
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Agreed, but why only the police? What if regular citizens had to wear a body camera and document their behavior while doing their job?
 
tjcmd said:
I was on the Interstate the other day when I passed a Sheriff's Deputy sitting in a cruiser on the side of the road. Ignoring all drivers of other races, this deputy began to follow me. When I speeded up, he speeded up, when I slowed down, he slowed down. When I pulled off in the emergency lane he did too. I finally just got out of the car and met him on the pavement and asked him why he was following me. He mumbled something about me doing 79 where the speed limit was 70.
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No you didn't, or you'd be dead also.
 
Which occupations would you make wear a camera? chef, babysitter, dr., ceo....
 
tjcmd said:
I was on the Interstate the other day when I passed a Sheriff's Deputy sitting in a cruiser on the side of the road. Ignoring all drivers of other races, this deputy began to follow me. When I speeded up, he speeded up, when I slowed down, he slowed down. When I pulled off in the emergency lane he did too. I finally just got out of the car and met him on the pavement and asked him why he was following me. He mumbled something about me doing 79 where the speed limit was 70.
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I think he sensed your gun-handling procedures were sound and wanted to make it with you.
 
he knew you had money and viagra

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Wake '72....hmmmm I wonder who tjmd is.......Maybe we knew him when......that would be scary. .......
 
Everybody is burning their aliases the last few days....
 
RJKarl said:
On the other end of the economic spectrum is Huntington Beach. It's upscale and has little crime. Many of my black friends simply won't go downtown because of cops hassling them.

A perfect example of this happened 2-3 years ago. It took some effort, but I convinced my friends Sean and Derrick to join me downtown. Sean about 6'2 with a very athletic build. Derrick is 6'5 about 225. Each played college bball. Each has a masters degree.

We ate a friend's place that is well known in the city and county as a locals place. Upon leaving, we started walking towards the pier. Two cops crossed the street to follow us. Sean and D immediately recognized what was happening. I said they were paranoid. We stopped to look in the window of a bar/club. The cops stopped. When we started walking, they started walking. Sean and D weren't paranoid.

I turned around and walked calmly up to the cops and asked them why they were following us. One stammered that they weren't. I mentioned that they had crossed the street to be behind us. When we stopped, they stopped. When we started walking again, they started again.

I again asked why they were doing this. They just took off.

The next day I called the PD to make a complaint. They didn't want to hear it.

The concept that black people aren't legitimately afraid of the police, even when they haven't done anything wrong, is ludicrous.
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Was this amazing story included in your book or are you saving it for the sequel?
 
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