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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
Video from one angle does not always show what really happened. Videos can also be doctored to promote a certain viewpoint. I see nothing wring with prohibiting people from posting video of police actions online. Video shot of police doing their jobs can and should be given to the D.A.'s office if the person that shot the video believes that there was something wrong with the officer's actions.
Posting a video online only serves to give a lot of people part of the information while holding back what could be a lot of factors. All it does is to get people riled up and create a more divisive society.
Let the various government law enforcement agencies decide what is relevant and what may not be.
The problem now is that police are being tried in the court of public opinion before a court or jury can look at all of the evidence.
We just had an example of this in the case in Columbus, Ohio where the officer shot the teenage girl that was about to stab another teenage girl with a knife.
Instead of headlines that say, "Officer saves girl's life by shooting knife wielding attacker" we have immediate protests, celebrities making threatening quotes and the one that was shot being referred to as the victim as opposed to what she really was, the perpetrator.
Don't stop anyone from shooting video of anything that is out in public for people to see. But stop them from posting police actions online and give the video to the authorities.
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People WOULD give "give their videos of Police incidents to authorities" IF they could TRUST them. That would be opaque. Freedom needs the light of transparency, which is guaranteed by having MORE people see a video - not less. Dictatorships repress free speech. Videos on the internet promote free speech.