Quote:That exact thing happened with the situation I commented on. Without the body camera he would have gotten away with lying about "fearing for his life" therefore murdering a guy. Required body cameras would end people's suspicion.


The mind boggling part of this thread is some people's complete lack of empathy for the life of a person. In one thread they will claim all life is precious and in another will say the exact opposite.

I don't think I will lose much sleep tonight knowing that I feel very little empathy for criminals who attack law enforcement officers while in performance of their duty.


Stating the cop would have gotten away with it without video is conjecture at its finest. If there was no evidence, sure he would have (as would anyone else), but thats why they have investigations. If the investigation irrefutably showed that the victim was shot in the back from 30 yards then he would have been charged like any normal citizen.


Police are afforded the benefit of the doubt because of the split second decisions that have to be made which sometimes involve deadly force. They never have to be right in hindsight, only proven that they did what any other reasonable police officer may have done in the same situation.

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