“There would be no video if the cop had not shot it. There would be nothing on this guy if he had not shown the video to others, including the Capt.”
Question:
In a recent case of a 16 year old girl bein g beaten by a crown of teens...someone took video...
Does this person “deserve credit” for anything other than standing by while a crime was committed?
Is the person taking the video absolved of a crime of not imediatly reporting it to the police?
Isnt the teen who took the video actually an accessory to the act that was captured on video?
Isnt the teen who took the video being charged with a crime?
Now...you want me to give credit to a cop who captured a crime on video, did nothing to stop it, showed the video to his buddies, yet did not go directly to his superiours...
Sorry...no way.
The fact that the video “got out” does not absolve the inaction of the observer to stop or report the crime.
Yes. They deserve credit for providing prosecutors with a video recording of the crime, making prosecutions easier (or unnecessary), convictions easier, and sentences potentially longer than if it were merely testimony of what happened.
Have you found the place in the article where it says the dog was swung around by the leash? Did you even read the article before making that claim?
Not solely by virtue of videotaping it.
Are you referring to the Florida case of the YouTube ambush beating?
No, that videographer does not deserve credit, because she was apparently a co-conspirator...a participant in the crime with intent and planning prior to the act.
Some innocent bystander who videotapes a beating certainly does deserve credit, as I said before.