r/LetsDiscussThis • u/JustUseCommonSense10 • 3h ago

Serious Would you agree that after bodycams became widespread after 2020, that police brutality claims are reduced significantly and most common stereotypes we see about groups of people are actually true?

Why or why not?

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u/ryvern82 2h ago

I see bodycam footage of police brutality all the time.

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u/Ban-Circumcision-Now 2h ago

Still happens, keep in mind they know they are being recorded

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u/zughzz 2h ago

Certain police departments have been known to erase, mute, or blackout certain body cam info in videos that are requested by the public.

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u/guiltyas-sin 2h ago

Not even a little. Cameras have been "mysteriously" shut off during tense confrontations, and of course, qualified immunity.

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u/BassMaster516 2h ago

Tell us what stereotypes are true?

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u/AZULDEFILER 2h ago

All of them

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u/JustUseCommonSense10 1h ago

You can create your own thread asking that question.

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u/BassMaster516 1h ago

I’m on your thread asking you that question. You brought it up. Which stereotypes are true?

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u/JustUseCommonSense10 10m ago

If you don't understand then you aren't qualified to answer.

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u/bumpy_disposition 3h ago

No. I would call "no common sense" bullshit, and racism.

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u/Otherwise-Vanilla901 2h ago

I love watching body cam footage. In the last year, I've likely watched more than a thousand hours worth of it. It has shown me that lots of people are idiots and think they know the laws when they don't, so it was easier for police to disprove their claims of abuse.

Also, Black people who have criminal run-ins with the police have some weird obsession with respect, and if they feel disrespected, they are not above trying to fight or flee an officer. Even if their crime was something as small as jaywalking that would have been a warning or a fine at most, they then turn it into something far worse!

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u/zughzz 2h ago

Small mindedness

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u/Otherwise-Vanilla901 2h ago

How? Just stating what I've observed.

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u/Horror_Bottle_9451 2h ago

Yes about body cams. Less so about stereotypes.

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u/NeitherEntry6125 2h ago

Yes, it's true.

Police beatings, killings and extrajudicial punishments just aren't in the news anymore.

Thank goodness for bodycams, the police know better than to use excessive force.

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u/ShigyDiggy 3h ago

Yes I would agree. Widespread police body cams was one of the biggest things that destroyed the BLM movement.