” Of course in cases where recorders capture evidence of “police brutality” or “oppression” there will be no problem.These laws are meant to protect political hacks and their friends....not law abiding citizens.At least that’s the case in Massachusetts. “
This is why cameras in police cars are a good thing, they help show an officer’s side fo the story. But yeah this all reeks of political favortism.
If there is any doubt about your interactions with the police, you have to subpoena that recording and get it into your lawyers hands as quickly as possible so it isn't "accidentally" erased if it will show the police in a bad light. I would even say that if you plan on fighting a speeding ticket you need to work on getting that recording before the officer makes it back to the police station.
I think such cameras are,in theory,a good idea.If used "correctly" they have the ability to protect the cops *and* the public...and suspects as well.But in a thoroughly corrupt like Massachusetts you can bet your bottom dollar that when such a video might reveal police misconduct/error there'd always seem to have been a camera malfunction during that incident.And to the best of my knowledge police in this state don't use dashboard cameras...although I'm not sure of that.
Those cameras are “not working” or the tapes are “lost” sometimes when the tapes don’t back up the officers’ stories.