I’m shocked I tell you. SHOCKED
The bodycams only exist for performative reasons. They’re not there to actually help the cause of justice.
I mean, that depends on how the local policies handle enforcement. If you have harsh penalties for turning off body cams, it may prevent some of the more egregious abuses of power. It isn’t going to stop it, or do much of anything about systemic abuse, but it may at least take some of the power to freely be an asshole from a few of the worst.
It’s not a solution to the actual problem, but it might save some lives or at least make it a little harder to hurt people.
The issue is that most places can’t do that because the police unions would never allow harsh punishment for anything and they have way too much power. At least in the US, that is
Yeah, that’s very fair. They tend to have a ton of political power. But in some states where you have something like a ballot initiative process there could potentially be some creative solutions that could be effective.
Like I could see Massachusetts passing some form of police reform by circumventing legislators the same way we did for marijuana.
