This is an issue in Afghanistan. When there are civilian casualties, the people on the scene with cell phones send the video directly to news outlets in several countries. By the time staff in country can respond, it’s all over the news.
That does not happen here just yet, but I think cops and The Powers That be are being proactive.
The kid in SanFran (I think) that got killed by a policeman mistaking his Glock for a Taser- the video was all over the place before there could be an Official Police Statement.
One only has to watch that tape to see that it was no mistake. The BART cop was justly convicted.
One only has to watch that tape to see that it was no mistake. The BART cop was justly convicted.
2. The cop that shot the kid at the BART train station f$%ked up and was convicted. The videos were irrelevant.
3. Don't be doing stuff as a cop that you do not want on youtube.
Pretty easy rules.
A female friend of mine was assaulted and battered by Deputy Sheriffs on a dark road at 11pm at night. We withheld the information that she had dialed her cellphone to our automated recording system until we had their depositions on the record and then confronted them with the truth over their blatant lies. They got fired and she was awarded a nice chunk of change. They conspired to lie their a$$es off and we filed a Federal Civil Rights case in which she also prevailed - based upon the taped evidence.