- cross-posted to:
- thepoliceproblem
- cross-posted to:
- thepoliceproblem
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20380296
Medina offered two puzzling excuses for leaving his camera off. He “cited intermittent conversations with his wife, who was a passenger in his unmarked patrol vehicle at the time of the collision,” Ortiz says. “He claimed there was a right to privileged communication between spouses, which specifically exempted him from mandatory recording requirements.” But the relevant policy “does not provide for nonrecording based on spousal privilege.”
Even more troubling, Medina said he “purposefully did not record because he was invoking his 5th Amendment right not to self-incriminate.” Since “he was involved in a traffic collision,” he reasoned, he was “subject to 5th Amendment protections.”
Holy shit that appears to be the case!
Godspeed, my friend. I’m not in BernCo, but will be reaching out to folx I know who are able to vote Medina out of this job.
Thanks homie I just told my folks about it ✊
Many, many small shifts, just like that, and we’ll save our silly asses, AND democracy.
That’s what I keep telling myself