That is why bodycams were, without exaggeration, one of the single best policies ever implemented for law enforcement.
People are flawed, cops included, but with cameras the cop is more likely to perform correctly as his deeds are recorded and when someone alleges police misconduct there’s ebidance as to what went down.
I can't recall who it is ITT or others that points out how the same activists who once demanded body cams now hate them and might even want them abolished because those same cams show law enforcement following procedure the majority of the time with the other party being the one who acts aggressively or inappropriately towards the cops.
That's also why Antifa and Associates don't like outsiders streaming them because it shows just how thuggish and violent they are when they can't control the narrative through spin, intimidation, or outright physical force.
Genuine question: What exactly is the worst experience you have had with cops?
A state trooper pulled me over and read me the riot act for not moving over a lane notwithstanding the fact I was slowing down as the law requires when not moving over because the next lane over was occupied and it looked as if the car in that lane was too close to safely move over in the darkness of the night. I'm pretty sure the trooper wasn't expecting to see I had gone over 20 years without a moving violation up to that day, and I'd like to think it played a role in him writing a ticket for lesser offense when he seemed eager to throw the book at me.
Runner up story: I was was the first to arrive at a church-sponsored event. The radio controls in my car at the time were on the lower part of the center console, so I had to lean over to change the station. When I sat straight again, a police car had parked next to me with an officer claiming my leaning over to change the station was suspicious. He then asked, "What are you
really doing here?" When I repeated I was waiting for the doors to open for an event at that church, he decided to go park in the opposite corner of the lot where I was and proceeded to watch me and the others pulling into the lot for the event until he finally left.
Cops may boil down to a necessary evil: They have their place and role in society, but the ones who get too heavy-handed with their power make a bad name for the profession and remain unforgotten by those they needlessly hassle.
To shift topics, as happy as I should be about President Trump's news about Hamas and the hostages, any optimism remains tempered until those hostages get released. I also hope Netanyahu doesn't act like a yahoo and somehow screw the agreement up.
(Edited for spelling and clarity.)
