Why would a camera make someone more likely to pull out a gun?
Project much?
No, because not all arrests go as peaceful as that went down. And there are people, with the pretention of filming with their cell phone, who would, when the cops are distracted because the person under arrest got antsy, pull out a gun and shoot some cops dead.
And I’m saying that is an unnecessary risk that cops shouldn’t have to face.
In principle, I support the right to film cops to ensure they are making clean arrests and that any acts they do, while arresting somebody is by the book.
However, I also support the rights of police to being able to do their jobs without having to take into consideration that somebody is going to use pretention to harm them.
That’s the reason why some areas of large cities aren’t patrolled by police and are free-for-all zones for gangs. Some people, in the name of rights, hassled the police to the point that it was in their interest to abandon some areas and let the residents try to figure out how to deal with the gangs in their midst without the protection of the police.