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Originally Posted by blueash
This law will only protect law enforcement. If you are a private citizen who misbehaves in a public park, saying yelling at a Black family for playing music too loud.. Your behavior can be recorded and posted on the internet. Or you are shopping at Walmart in your curlers or revealing clothes, there is a whole genre of online posting of those people. No protecting for your face or body from this legislation.
If you are a firefighter, no protection. If you are a paramedic, no protection. What is there about police that they need special protection against being caused emotional distress when their actions are exposed to the public? Don't want to be embarrassed? Don't do something that will reflect badly on you. Simple. This is a radical knee jerk reaction to an evil cop getting caught by the public. We need more of that, not less.
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My answer to "what is it about Police".......The Police do have a tough job. But, some of them go into the profession for the wrong reasons - they like the POWER it gives them - they may not be an executive but they can strut around like one and have big attitude and egos. Some like to bully people - especially poor people who may not be able to afford lawyers. Police have an unwritten code of NOT testifying against each other and some water down the incident reports to protect their fellow officers. This occurred dramatically in the Floyd murder case. The Police unions have access to very strong legal services in most cases. So, the ''bad apples" can flaunt the law with impunity. That magnifies their feeling of power!