I want to agree with you, but I can't. I have police in my closest circles of life. Cops say "you get rid of my discretion to assess the situation and respond accordingly, and now I HAVE to arrest you" when you record the interactions, but I see this as an unwillingness to address the very real concerns people have over interactions with the police.
Shit, RI has that Instagram judge going viral every other week for traffic court interactions. Nobody lambastes the justice system or police or even the judge for "letting someone go". There isn't backlash for recording a police interaction when it ends in a ticket, except for from law enforcement.
But now you're upset that people are learning about their constitutional rights? Make it make sense.
T-RevFromDaHood t1_je29sa3 wrote
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I want to agree with you, but I can't. I have police in my closest circles of life. Cops say "you get rid of my discretion to assess the situation and respond accordingly, and now I HAVE to arrest you" when you record the interactions, but I see this as an unwillingness to address the very real concerns people have over interactions with the police.
Shit, RI has that Instagram judge going viral every other week for traffic court interactions. Nobody lambastes the justice system or police or even the judge for "letting someone go". There isn't backlash for recording a police interaction when it ends in a ticket, except for from law enforcement.
But now you're upset that people are learning about their constitutional rights? Make it make sense.