[simonh]

>And why shouldn't they?

Because one person (cop or not, doesn't matter) breaking the law over here doesn't in any way justify unreasonable harassment of another person (cop or not) over there?

Let me put it another way, how is this behavior intended to improve policing in America, and do you think it has a chance of doing so?

[stale2002]

It improves policing because now police know that they will always be watched.

And any excessive force or mistake that they engage in will be trending on YouTube in under an hour. So you better be damn careful.

[chronic940]

> And any excessive force or mistake that they engage in will be trending on YouTube in under an hour. So you better be damn careful.

And what's the best outcome, huh? They get out on temporary administrative leave? Ha. Go ahead and record the police. They don't care. We on HN don't care. And you won't care after a week.

[SirensOfTitan]

So people should just do nothing in the face of police brutality and misconduct? Bringing awareness to issues like this takes time. United's problems have spearheaded a ton of attention to the US airline problem because people recorded incidents. We could finally see much needed airline reform like removing the foreign investment restrictions on airlines and more antitrust activity.

Anything worth fixing or building takes a tremendous amount of focus and time. This comment makes me sad, as it mirrors general millennial sentiments on civic engagement.

[Asooka]

If you start applying violence you'll be no better than them. Batman fights killers, but he himself doesn't kill. Be like Batman.

[shallot_router]

The question is if this guy is merely monitoring police, or also actively trying to harass them or interfere with what they're doing.

[simonh]

The problem is this isn't a video in which cops are watched, it's a video of cops being unreasonably harassed. Those are two very different things

[s73ver]

Given the complacency cops have toward the indiscretions of other cops, I can't agree with that. Perhaps if the good cops worked harder to root out the bad cops, instead of hiding behind the thin blue line, I'd agree.

[simonh]

Are you arguing that there are no good cops, only bad cops and all cops deserve to be treated by default as the worst cops?

[s73ver]

I'm arguing that if there are good cops, they need to prove it. And the best way they can prove it is to stop protecting the bad cops.