[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by JU_88

Meh, I tire of people with overly negative attitudes towards cops in general.
Yes, with great power comes great responsibility yadda yadda...
Problem is that cops are just human and they behave as humans collectively do.
So expecting them to be some force of saintly uncorruptable gaurdian angels who never abuse their power or make a bad judgement is actually a pretty unrealistic expectation - unless you replace them all with robots.
So yeah, filiming them against their consent, is going to p1ss them off, as it would p1ss anyone off. There are times when having a bit of consideration and common sense is more practical than excersing ones own Rights.

All things considered, the cops we have in the western hemisphere are really not that bad at all. Try filming cops in China and let see what happens :P I'd rather have some bad apples than no apples. If they all quit, have a geuss who and what would take their place
So overall I'm quite grateful to their existance, because:
A) I could never do their job
B) Without them, me and my family would quite possibly all be dead by now.

"with great power comes great responisbility yadda yadda"
Dont try to play that argument off as a weak argument. They do hold great power. And they do abuse it. There are many, many trigger happy, arrogant cops who feel as though they are supreme. I should know, ive met plenty of them (and it wasnt because of anything ive done per say, but ive been around plenty who have this attitude). Ive seen cool-headed and logical cops as well, plenty of those. And ive met those inbetween.

Now if they are doing their job correctly they shouldn't be afraid of being recorded doing the correct thing to do. The truth can be twisted, and twisted in nasty ways. Cops usually get the benefit of the doubt when there is a lack of evidence, and in these cases of police brutality only video proof can provide unbiased insight to any one incident.

Im not saying all cops are bad, and i dont hate the cops in any respect, but i know all too well the number of cops who feel above the law in some respects and abuse their position. This is absolutely unacceptable coming from a person who has the ability to restrict someone's rights and detain people on suspicion.