Don't think this is stupid, because a camera in your car could have saved many of you who read this. The Police State is coming. I know a camera could have saved me a few times. Cops do lie, but cameras are so small and inexpensive you can stop this, because a few law suits will slow this, but you have to put the camera in "BEFORE" you are stopped. www.prisonplanet.com
2007-02-20 02:59:00 · 6 answers · asked by Jesse J 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
The fact is there have been cases where cops did lie. If a cop didn't like someone it would be very easy to drop a joint in a car. Cops when they stop you at unconstitutional checkpoints they will ask you where you are going? It's none of their ******* business where you are going. You don't have to answer one ******* question to a cop, except if he asks you is their your current address or something like that. A guy just recently caught the cops in a couple lies. He had a camera in the car, but there was no cop car behind him. Cops will be like Nuns when they know their camera is on their car behind them, but what they say isn't so easily recorded. Not only that but what you say can't be heard. I say to everyone that yes it is time to put a small camera in your car, because the Police State is coming. It can only help you and you might win a millin dollar law suit as a result. www.prisonplanet.com
2007-02-20 03:16:34 · update #1
Most police officers I know (me included) always behave like there is a camera turned on somewhere, and today there ARE cameras everywhere (many cell phones have them). It is common practice to train police officers to always think this way.
I always think about how what I am doing will look like on the six o'clock news. This always gives me that little extra incentive to behave professionally even with the most obnoxious people.
Besides, nothing makes obnoxious confrontational people more angry than when they can't get a rise out of a police officer.
2007-02-20 04:32:43 · answer #1 · answered by joeanonymous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an officer for over 30 years...I can say that I have never had a problem with the recording of my public contacts!
However, it seems, after reading your comment, you have an "axe to grind" by making such a generalized statement that "cops lie."
Of course...the same statement could apply to you as well that maybe YOU are lying.
By stating that "a camera could have saved me a few times," I have to question just how law abiding YOU are for having been stopped so many times to start with!
May I suggest instead of trying to convince people that cops are all bad...maybe you should look in to your mirror and do a bit of self evaluation to determine where the problem actually may lay!
Thanks for the 2 points!
2007-02-20 03:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by KC V ™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I think the time has come to abolish the police brutality laws and now require those who are stopped by the police to be responsible for their own actions. BOTTOM LINE: If you resist or assault a police officer, you do so at your own risk. There is no Constitutionally guaranteed right to break the law, and those who have sworn to uphold and enforce the law need to be treated with the appropriate respect. The mainstream liberal media has been criminally negligent in reporting cases of police brutality because (a) the number of cases that could in any way be construed as police brutality make up 0.001% or less of the cases, and (b) the media only gives information or shows images that support their contention of police brutality and hold the criminals guiltless -- you know, cops stop people for a reason, and that reason is because they have or are suspected of committing a crime (well, DUH!!!) You want to solve this problem? Stop rewarding people for breaking the law!
2007-02-20 03:10:49 · answer #3 · answered by sarge927 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Police have cameras in -their- cars, as was mentioned above. (Where the heck do you think they get the videos for the show "COPS"?) Anyways, if you want a camera in your car, fine. That's up to you.
Why don't you ask the people in the UK what they think about all the cameras on the highways? There are good and bad things about that...
2007-02-20 03:46:32 · answer #4 · answered by Kilroy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should put a camera in your car. Then you can present it at court when you appear on whatever charges you manage to get yourself into. Police love evidence, and by the sounds of it, your just going to provide them with another angle that their car doesn't already catch.
2007-02-20 03:21:07 · answer #5 · answered by Nax 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't care if you put a camera in your car or not.
MY car already has a camera in it, and all of my traffic stops are recorded both video and audio. I've never abused anyone, and a camera won't keep me from using an appropriate amount of force if you resist.
2007-02-20 03:04:38 · answer #6 · answered by Citicop 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋