Then we should all get body cams and all crime could be handled according to recorded evidence.
We'll just vote online and the pretty women can be let go.
So many come backs on that. But true, a beautiful face and smile can get away with murder just as easily as someone with lots of money.
But video never lies. And in this case, it is police dashcam video. In regards to police, their role is "protect and serve". Any hint that they are not deserves zero tolerance. And sorry, too many years of police getting away with murder, of them lying to protect their brethren. Time for some much needed sunshine. Let the innocent cops prove it.
Besides, as a father of twin 7 year old boys, I would like to be able to tell them to trust a cop since the bad ones are fired and/or in jail. Right now, can't say trust them. Instead, its a complicated explanation that there are good and bad cops, do not trust them. Heck, were my father not retired, I wouldn't trust him either. Sad but true.
You seem to have forgotten the rules on FR when it comes to any discussion regarding law enforcement.
Rule 1, the most important, is that you must take the media reports, and whatever story is being told by the local “activits”, lawyers, etc. at face value. This is tricky, as this is the exact opposite of how every other story is discussed.
Rule 2, a close corollary of rule 1, is that we must always assume the male fides of the police. Context does not matter: start with the presumption that the local copper dealing with whatever call or observational stop he’s working is a “JBT”, or at least incompetent.
Rule 3, in any use of force situation, we must never hold the suspect, er, citizen to any standard of civilized behavior. In other words, resisting arrest is a perfectly reasonable course of action for an individual to take if, in that person’s sole judgement, the arrest is unreasonable or unwarranted.
Rule 4 is the simplest. Any use of force by the police is either excessive, illegal, or unreasonable. In other words, if it looks bad, it is bad, and no other information or investigation is needed.