Parents of Michael Brown Jr. to meet with Rev. Al Sharpton, call for police body cameras

NY Daily News ^ | November 25, 2014 | JASON MOLINET

[billhilly]

Where is Jessee Jackson now that we need him? sarc

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Calvin Locke]

... but for some reason departments up North have been very slow to adopt the tech in general.

I'll speculate that it would break the liberal elites' bubble on insisting on "diversity" where ever a difference in the outcome of whatever exists.

Their laws, regulations, unConstitutional mandates, etc., haven't worked in fixing the self-inflicted culture-based maladies.

[Spktyr]

Given the endemic corruption in Northern police forces, the bad cops and unions not wanting to get caught probably have something to do with it as well.

[ltc8k6]

Given the combat at the beginning, if Wilson had a body camera, it may well have been disabled.

Even if it did show Brown charging Wilson, it would somehow be dismissed as fake, or altered, or whatever.

Body cameras won’t always help.

I have no objection to them, though.

[mmichaels1970]

As much as I believe that the officer was justified in taking out the thug Michael Brown, it is extremely unlikely that the police will agree to wearing body cameras.

I believe they're already in the implementation phase in Cleveland. I've heard no serious blowback or protest from the police.

[Calvin Locke]

...the bad cops and unions not wanting to get caught...

Excellent point. A relative worked for a Federal agency. The Boston office was running some sting, and the local cops not knowing they were Feds, wanted their cut of the "action".

Probably late 1970s, early 1980s.

[VerySadAmerican]

I wonder what would have happened if Wilson had a camera and it showed everything just as he described. I doubt black thugs are gonna’ want the cops to have cameras.

But, if the truth was known, it was probably recorded on several phones.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Its too bad M. Brown’s parents didn’t exert the same effort to raise him to be law abiding as they are seeking the limelight.

[ontap]

I'm really sick of hearing from the thuggish parents of the thug whose absolute stupidity and bullish behavior has caused the destruction of so many peoples lives(mostly black). They are the morons who reared the scumbag and then fanned the flames of racism that underlies the black “so called” leadership. Most of the businesses burn to the ground are owed by black entrepreneurs. Shame on Sharpton, Eric Holder and the racist-in chief for encouraging this fraud!!!

[Busko]

How about the thugs wearing the cameras.

[Chode]

it'd be the smart play for all involved

[shibumi]

Every once in a while some Lib says something that makes sense.

It’s usually said for all the wrong reasons and you can’t trust them to implement it properly, but the nugget is there.

That’s why having the *wrong* people (Boehner, McConnell) as watchdogs is such a terrible mistake.

[Chode]

something about teats and a boar hog come to mind