12-03-2014, 03:28 PM
My only concern with Bodcams would be that they'd be used to justify police and condemn citizens, without the reverse being true. In a nationally recognized case, you might have a police department come forward with the video, but for everyday occurrence of police abusing their authority, I'd bet that video never gets watched or see the light of day. While police scour the video for evidence of any crime you commit.
In the vid you posted, they put the shooter in a truck and tell him not to say a word. I would fear the videos that condemn their actions would get buried to protect their own. And even there you never see a gun or aggressive action in the video, just him recoiling and emptying his clip. The video evidence gives some sense of the situation, but actual evidence is extremely lacking. So if a cop acts like you have a gun for the tape, suddenly that's evidence of you having a gun.
In the vid you posted, they put the shooter in a truck and tell him not to say a word. I would fear the videos that condemn their actions would get buried to protect their own. And even there you never see a gun or aggressive action in the video, just him recoiling and emptying his clip. The video evidence gives some sense of the situation, but actual evidence is extremely lacking. So if a cop acts like you have a gun for the tape, suddenly that's evidence of you having a gun.