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[151949]

So often now a days we see videos of everything you can think of online. Mostly now we are seeing video of encounters with police - but this makes me wonder - - if I am just walking or driving along and suddenly come upon a policeman and he asks me questions or does something else - how does that come to be on video? if this wasn't a set up , how do you account for having a camera in your hand ready to video every second of this so called spontaneous incident?  Even if you just are using your phone camera it would take a few seconds to get to the screen and start the video - but these online encounters have every second from the start on video. Makes me very suspicious of the validity of such videos.Are some people just walking around every waking moment videoing their life? Doubtful. 

[MalteseMomma]

I have often wondered that. I don't really think anyone wants to be shot and killed but ,i must confess I do not understand  WHY  they do not do as the policeman asks and why they continually taunt the cop untill they finally get shot and the poor cop goes to jail for doing his job!

I have a large  family of policeman and I worry day and night!

edited to say ...

by "they" I mean anyone that gets stopped and dosen't comply with the police officers request.

Police wear body cameras and they should be turned on at all times

i was just discussing this and I know police are trained to shoot to kill ! .We were saying maybe they should be trained to  shoot in the leg or something,but on second thought,if they shot a person in the leg that wanted to kill them, it would Not  stop them from shooting the cop!    What is the ans to this problem ??????????

[Mz iMac]

@151949

"if I am just walking or driving along and suddenly come upon a policeman and he asks me questions or does something else - how does that come to be on video?"

Dash cam & body cam

[151949]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@151949

"if I am just walking or driving along and suddenly come upon a policeman and he asks me questions or does something else - how does that come to be on video?"

Dash cam & body cam

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Well, let's say it has nothing to do with police. Just a incident with , say, a store clerk. There it is - every second from when the individual walks up to the counter on video. Why on earth would someone video a store checkout unless they were planning to start some trouble?

Just today I saw an encounter with a bus driver on FB - the whole encounter. So why would someone be making a video of getting on the bus unless they were planning to cause an incident?

[ChynnaBlue]

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@151949 wrote:

So often now a days we see videos of everything you can think of online. Mostly now we are seeing video of encounters with police - but this makes me wonder - - if I am just walking or driving along and suddenly come upon a policeman and he asks me questions or does something else - how does that come to be on video? if this wasn't a set up , how do you account for having a camera in your hand ready to video every second of this so called spontaneous incident?  Even if you just are using your phone camera it would take a few seconds to get to the screen and start the video - but these online encounters have every second from the start on video. Makes me very suspicious of the validity of such videos.Are some people just walking around every waking moment videoing their life? Doubtful. 

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Because they don't.  I have never seen one with the entire encounter, I've only seen videos that start after the encounter has begun or videos taken by bystanders who came upon the encounter so you see their first interaction with the police. 

[Mj12]

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@ChynnaBlue wrote:

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@151949 wrote:

So often now a days we see videos of everything you can think of online. Mostly now we are seeing video of encounters with police - but this makes me wonder - - if I am just walking or driving along and suddenly come upon a policeman and he asks me questions or does something else - how does that come to be on video? if this wasn't a set up , how do you account for having a camera in your hand ready to video every second of this so called spontaneous incident?  Even if you just are using your phone camera it would take a few seconds to get to the screen and start the video - but these online encounters have every second from the start on video. Makes me very suspicious of the validity of such videos.Are some people just walking around every waking moment videoing their life? Doubtful. 

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Because they don't.  I have never seen one with the entire encounter, I've only seen videos that start after the encounter has begun or videos taken by bystanders who came upon the encounter so you see their first interaction with the police. 

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@ChynnaBlue exactly right.

[KYToby]

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@MalteseMomma wrote:

I have often wondered that. I don't really think anyone wants to be shot and killed but ,i must confess I do not understand  WHY  they do not do as the policeman asks and why they continually taunt the cop untill they finally get shot and the poor cop goes to jail for doing his job!

I have a large  family of policeman and I worry day and night!

edited to say ...

by "they" I mean anyone that gets stopped and dosen't comply with the police officers request.

Police wear body cameras and they should be turned on at all times

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I hink you are grossly generalizing here.  Wile this has happened, as you indicate, thee have been plenty of incidents where the shooting took plafe when they were cooperating.  Need eamples?  How about Tulsa where the man had his hands in the air? SHow sbout Florida where the counselor was shot while lyig on the ground?  How bout Charleston where the man was shot in the bck and the officer lied and said he had a gun (the videotape shows otherwise)?

I am not attempting to paint broad strokes about the police or any other group here.  My point is simply that you have made a generalization which does not hold up to sdrutiny.

The issue is complicated, and while i thik we need a national discussion on the multitude of issues involved, I do not believe a message board for a home shopping hannel is the appropriate place .

[JaneMarple]

@151949 Do you lie in bed at night and dream this stuff up? Video evidence is a two way street, it can exonerate an innocent person or prove that someone is a liar!