police officers have a hard and dangerous job to do and they do it for our safety. if they have to worry about being video taped all the time they will be less effective in this job.
if they have to worry about being video taped all the time they will be less effective in this job.
Too bad. You can't give people guns and mace and handcuffs and a "legal right" to use force, and then say "you can't ask them to be accountable for their actions."
who said they shouldn't be held accountable? I was just pointing out one possible arguement against video taping police officers. In a job where they are often required to only think once, this may cause them to think twice. Obviously you don't agree with this line of thinking, but it's not the same as saying they should not be held accountable.
I assume you're presenting this as one of the extremely flawed arguments that defenders of police impunity use--but that seems improbable, even as a strawman argument. Why would the possibility of being videotaped doing an admirable and effective job make a policeman less likely to do an admirable and effective job?
Too bad. You can't give people guns and mace and handcuffs and a "legal right" to use force, and then say "you can't ask them to be accountable for their actions."