its really pathetic at this point
The Bloomfield PDâs internal investigations department found no evidence of any wrongdoing by the cops.
Gosh, how could they possibly have made such a terrible mistake?
You see? Those cameras arenât helping at all. Theyâre just making us less safe, by letting criminals back out on the streets while hindering the work of our Boys in Blue.
Sheesh talk about overzealous police â glad to see there are criminal charges placed against the police in this case. These dashcams should be standard equipment!
I am seriously considering installing one in my car. Though that amounts to an invitation to break into the car in some neighbourhoods.
Whenever I read one of these âcops caught on camera doing something they shouldnâtâ my first thought I always, donât they know theyâre being filmed? And then I read âBloomfield PDâs internal investigations department found no evidence of any wrongdoing by the copsâ.
Itâs never easy for ordinary citizens to prosecute cops regardless of the circumstances, but this makes it nearly impossible.
Also important: the internal affairs division is described as âscandal plaguedâ. So if youâre a victim of the Bloomfield PD you have no place to go.
Maybe we should all wear webcams all the time, constantly uploading, in case we have an interaction with our brave defenders of law and order.
And let the archivists win? Never!
No wonder he had to change his name.
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I think a lot of them lose it in the moment.
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The âthin blue lineâ protects their own.
Exaclty! I get so sick of Boing Boingers always getting on the police in these situations.
Iâm sure that the original investigation didnât find any wrongdoing because the only issue was that they misidentified the suspects intentions â the cops thought that his intent to keep on hitting himself was an attempt to resist arrest.
I assume that the suspect must not of splattered any blood on the officers since I didnât see any charges for destruction of police propertyâŚ
Maybe they just wanted a little attention: http://www.theonion.com/articles/unpopular-police-officer-thinking-about-committing,36790/
Is âHe tried to take my gunâ now just a standard thing that police say to justify brutality?
âItâs cominâ right for us!â
I donât want to be âthat guyâ that turns everything into race⌠but I couldnât help but noticing the superior tan on the copâs victim.
Watch them get a slap on the wrist. If this system were not completely corrupt, everyone in the internal affairs division would be fired and blacklisted, and so would everyone in the heirarchy above them, all the way to the chief, for not having fired them already.
I keep saying this, hoping the idea will catch onâŚ
Make it a Federal Law that all Law Enforcement Officers must have on their persons active video cameras recording their actions at all times while on duty. Make it part of the required uniform, as essential to an officer as a badge.
Make it a major crime to tamper with or disable such cameras or the video they record. Criminalize the act of failing to maintain such cameras, or otherwise allowing them to become inoperative through negligence. Require the cameras to not only store their data locally, but to also remotely upload it to more secure storage devices, for the sake of redundancy. Hold everyone involved in the process of data retention responsible for âlostâ or âmissingâ footage and data.
Cameras are cheaper, smaller, and higher quality than ever. If the police can afford to train and equip SWAT Teams in podunk backwater towns across the nation, they can damn well afford to put cameras on every gun and integrate them into every uniform.
Too many court cases come down to unsubstantiated claims of witnesses and participants lacking material evidence - so why the hell arenât we requiring the police to produce material evidence? We have the technology to do so with little trouble!
