Dramatic body camera video has been released of Newark police chasing down and getting into a gunfight with a 29-year-old suspect fleeing a double homicide.
The particulars are moot to me, and like you and for the same reason, I didn’t watch the video. All that matters here is that the police withheld the bodycam evidence for ☆four months☆.
Bodycams must be required on all cops, and footage of any incident must be released within a reasonable time after any request. And since cops can’t be trusted to be “reasonable,” that reasonable time needs to be specified — 72 hours sounds good to me.
Fair enough on your first line, and I completely agree with your stance on bodycams and release of footage. They stonewall and deflect inquiries constantly to hide their corruption. I just hate giving the other side even a tiny chink in the armor of police reform arguments so I’m always wary of highlighting what would generally be perceived as them actually doing their jobs correctly for once.
The particulars are moot to me, and like you and for the same reason, I didn’t watch the video. All that matters here is that the police withheld the bodycam evidence for ☆four months☆.
Bodycams must be required on all cops, and footage of any incident must be released within a reasonable time after any request. And since cops can’t be trusted to be “reasonable,” that reasonable time needs to be specified — 72 hours sounds good to me.
Fair enough on your first line, and I completely agree with your stance on bodycams and release of footage. They stonewall and deflect inquiries constantly to hide their corruption. I just hate giving the other side even a tiny chink in the armor of police reform arguments so I’m always wary of highlighting what would generally be perceived as them actually doing their jobs correctly for once.
Understood and I see your point.