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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 96 points 9 months ago (3 children)

How does having your headlights off on a cloudy day justify forcing a motorist out of their vehicle?

“Part of that stems from the distance and perspective of the recording cell phone camera,” the sheriff said in a statement, adding that the video did not capture events that occurred before officers decided to arrest McNeil.

Yeah, because they were still in their car when they decided to arrest him for no reason.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 63 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Prior events shouldn't matter. There's zero cause to punch a suspect that isn't an immediate threat.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Someone grab the Family Guy meme so we can show how much of a threat he was.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 months ago

I feel we need to update it though. Like at top should be " He was a great father and loved god!"

The bottom should be "STOP RESISTING AND PUT THE GUN DOWN!"

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 9 months ago

Well, you see, it was a combination of him being black.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is why cops in my region have body cams; and "my cam wasn't on" or "my cam broke at just the right time" is a very bad look.

But they don't use it to make sure they don't mess up: they're using it to show they did everything right, so someone was advised of their rights, the state of everything is known, etc.

But, not in America. American Cops Are (I'm guessing) Bastards.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Body/Dash cams not being on/conveniently blocked/pointed the wrong way should be criminal offenses warranting at least 5 years in prison.

because there is zero reason to play games with body/dash cams unless you are planning to do something malicious you dont want evidence of.