It’s up to the public how they respond. The point here is not setting a precedent for police withholding bodycam footage regardless of who request. We can’t open any doors for police to try and withhold footage more than they already do. This time it just an embarrased celebrity but next time it might be copes wrongfully arresting, killing, etc. I do tngicr a shit about JT but I do care that body cam footage stays public information.
Hell no, cops should not be able to withhold camera footage but the other side 100% should have the right to their privacy if they don’t wish it public.
Imagine the cops come to your house for something you’re not guilty off, record your house and your life and publish it out there for everyone to see. That could lead to people getting killed because they get outed as LGBT to their family for example.
I should have clarified, guilt and location matter. If it’s in public space then all bodycam footage should be free game. That’s no different than if someone recorded it from the side of the street. If it’s in private space then it should be based on guilt. But again, I don’t like where that can go as well because the inverse is cops come into your home shoot you and that footage is locked away because it was recorded on private property and you are no longer around to consent release of that footage.
Well after just posting this in the other direction, what about when we’re in public and we tell the cop we’re only stumbling because we left the bar crying after our kids died or something like that… Or we’ve just stripped nude to hump a street post
OK, should this be all about “public interest”?! Lawyer people talk about that standard. We have a public interest in boy bands, not in John Doe Mental Break. You can’t just request footage for the fun of it? Unless like there was a pattern of people stumbling or nudiestreaking in your community that was not being addressed
So if a cop has his body cam on when he comes into your house to help you because you got your hand stuck in a peanut butter jar butt ass naked, that should be made public? Even against the consent of the person the video is of? I agree police should never be able to withhold body cam footage, but people should absolutely be able to request body cam footage of themselves be withheld. He was convicted of the DUI and received legal penalties for it. Why does the shame game need to be played too? That wasn’t part of his sentence. For your own enjoyment? How does releasing this footage benefit society other than us getting to laugh at him all over again?
It’s perfectly fine to joke about JTs DUI when he comes up, I always do, but acting like he was a bad guy for trying to suppress footage of him regarding an incident he’s already been punished for is asinine. This isn’t some freedom of information issue bro get therapy. This is TMZ in lemmy tinsel and it got you to engage.
It’s up to the public how they respond. The point here is not setting a precedent for police withholding bodycam footage regardless of who request. We can’t open any doors for police to try and withhold footage more than they already do. This time it just an embarrased celebrity but next time it might be copes wrongfully arresting, killing, etc. I do tngicr a shit about JT but I do care that body cam footage stays public information.
Hell no, cops should not be able to withhold camera footage but the other side 100% should have the right to their privacy if they don’t wish it public.
Imagine the cops come to your house for something you’re not guilty off, record your house and your life and publish it out there for everyone to see. That could lead to people getting killed because they get outed as LGBT to their family for example.
I should have clarified, guilt and location matter. If it’s in public space then all bodycam footage should be free game. That’s no different than if someone recorded it from the side of the street. If it’s in private space then it should be based on guilt. But again, I don’t like where that can go as well because the inverse is cops come into your home shoot you and that footage is locked away because it was recorded on private property and you are no longer around to consent release of that footage.
Well after just posting this in the other direction, what about when we’re in public and we tell the cop we’re only stumbling because we left the bar crying after our kids died or something like that… Or we’ve just stripped nude to hump a street post
OK, should this be all about “public interest”?! Lawyer people talk about that standard. We have a public interest in boy bands, not in John Doe Mental Break. You can’t just request footage for the fun of it? Unless like there was a pattern of people stumbling or nudiestreaking in your community that was not being addressed
So if a cop has his body cam on when he comes into your house to help you because you got your hand stuck in a peanut butter jar butt ass naked, that should be made public? Even against the consent of the person the video is of? I agree police should never be able to withhold body cam footage, but people should absolutely be able to request body cam footage of themselves be withheld. He was convicted of the DUI and received legal penalties for it. Why does the shame game need to be played too? That wasn’t part of his sentence. For your own enjoyment? How does releasing this footage benefit society other than us getting to laugh at him all over again?
It’s perfectly fine to joke about JTs DUI when he comes up, I always do, but acting like he was a bad guy for trying to suppress footage of him regarding an incident he’s already been punished for is asinine. This isn’t some freedom of information issue bro get therapy. This is TMZ in lemmy tinsel and it got you to engage.
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