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Simple way to resolve this... NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #1
I totally agree!!! gopiscrap Dec 2014 #3
Cameras on police are a JOKE who's going to bigdarryl Dec 2014 #5
Make not wearing them or turning them on financially punitive to the point where they will NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #6
will the police unions melm00se Dec 2014 #11
Never, they wouldnt. Their unions must be terminated but that is only part of the problem NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #12
Did I just read a progressive posting that "Their unions must be terminated"? ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #13
Police only and yes, you will see many liberals saying that now about police only, nothing new NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #14
I don't care how many people are saying it. ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #21
For the most part police unions are a thing apart from traditional unions brush Dec 2014 #78
For whom to gain control over them? Igel Dec 2014 #31
Yes, they don't need no freedom of assembly or speech. Hoppy Dec 2014 #19
Police untions should be allowed, HOWEVER, they avebury Dec 2014 #23
"...act in a manner contrary to public safety...." ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #43
"Who gets to define that phrase"?....The people they are victimizing, maybe? whathehell Dec 2014 #54
I agree it needs to stop, but... ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #55
True, there may be another way, whathehell Dec 2014 #57
Every group has it's 10 percenters with their head up their ass pocoloco Dec 2014 #27
anyone else melm00se Dec 2014 #15
Nope, ONLY police and ONLY temporarily and ONLY until we can stop them from murdering NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #16
to do this melm00se Dec 2014 #18
So you propose eliminating police unions across the nation because of a shooting in Missouri? LincolnsLeftHand Dec 2014 #33
Just because of one shooting, yep...come on, get serious or why should i bother NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #35
So which shootings LincolnsLeftHand Dec 2014 #37
Becaue most are all civil rights violating, racist thugs. ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #42
Really? LincolnsLeftHand Dec 2014 #44
why do you say only "fired... in anger"? What about fear, hatred, indifference? uppityperson Dec 2014 #47
Welcome to DU gopiscrap Dec 2014 #70
Yeah, but they left the police union out of it . . . brush Dec 2014 #79
That is an idiotic statement Android3.14 Dec 2014 #32
SO the population being armed like nowhere else isnt part of the problem? NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #34
So the right to bear arms means the government should restrict some workers from unionizing? Android3.14 Dec 2014 #36
You want to do away with Unions LincolnsLeftHand Dec 2014 #38
Did you say that police unions must be terminated? GGJohn Dec 2014 #93
Make it a criminal offense. ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #41
Never been in the military? tabasco Dec 2014 #69
There are body cam's automatically activated duhneece Dec 2014 #20
They should be utilized.. whathehell Dec 2014 #58
You want the camera activated long before the gun is pulled. ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #90
I agree. Can we demand both? duhneece Dec 2014 #92
Exactly. The consequences need to be severe. Chemisse Dec 2014 #72
Good thing the cam is not the same thing as a gun or there would be some serious problems. L0oniX Dec 2014 #2
Imgine that! gopiscrap Dec 2014 #4
How much training does it take to turn it on? Taitertots Dec 2014 #7
How convenient! LibGranny Dec 2014 #8
Buy 'em books, send them to school and what do they do? dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #9
What does he mean by "not activated"? Like a cell phone or what? 7962 Dec 2014 #10
The dashcam was magically off as well. JTFrog Dec 2014 #17
If the lights weren't on, the cam is off. Indydem Dec 2014 #61
Have you ever seen an African-American killing you can't defend? morningfog Dec 2014 #80
That's a ludicrous inquiry. Indydem Dec 2014 #81
The cams only work when the BronxBoy Dec 2014 #87
That's the way I have always seen them Indydem Dec 2014 #88
how about free body cams to the PUBLIC, and they start within 100 yards of any police officer tomm2thumbs Dec 2014 #22
There's a novel idea! n/t JimDandy Dec 2014 #76
Because cops forget their gear all the time. Triana Dec 2014 #24
What a coincidence... Spirochete Dec 2014 #25
if i were on a jury, i would take that as a sign of malintent. unblock Dec 2014 #26
The autopsy of the guy will show christx30 Dec 2014 #29
an autopsy may or may not be particularly revealing. unblock Dec 2014 #45
thank you, well put, better than I did. uppityperson Dec 2014 #49
as if he were holding a gun, that is the problem. not only when, but as if uppityperson Dec 2014 #48
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #28
And yet we have young people taking multiple selfies during just a trip to the bathroom! logosoco Dec 2014 #30
It didn't make any difference in the outcome of the grand jury NJCher Dec 2014 #85
Unless there are serious repercussion for these killer cops who turn off their cams, valerief Dec 2014 #39
What a coincidence, imagine that. DeSwiss Dec 2014 #40
And what do you do with all that video? Indydem Dec 2014 #46
They could ask the NSA how it does it for starters. DeSwiss Dec 2014 #53
Overly simplistic Indydem Dec 2014 #59
Agreed, it is too simple. DeSwiss Dec 2014 #62
actually, it's quite easy to deal with. uncle ray Dec 2014 #65
Interesting article. Indydem Dec 2014 #60
execpt that there are situations Niceguy1 Dec 2014 #56
Cops on film hasn't done squat since before Rodney King, or a thousand other examples. blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #50
that's not necessarily true about the jury NJCher Dec 2014 #86
Union busting will not be tolerated in any circumstance. GOLGO 13 Dec 2014 #51
Unions are for workers. Cops are not workers. ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #74
Cops are not workers? Travelman Dec 2014 #84
Workers meaning the proletariat. ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #91
Nice to see another Marxist, here. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #94
They fired a cop here whose camera went "off" at convenient times. Warpy Dec 2014 #52
if we held them personally responsible for their actions when the camera is off, they won't forget. uncle ray Dec 2014 #66
The Feds came down hard on the local PD Warpy Dec 2014 #68
Something sure does indicate duck... wundermaus Dec 2014 #63
Could body cams LiberalElite Dec 2014 #64
They probably leave their cameras off on purpose. SummerSnow Dec 2014 #67
How convenient. :( Cha Dec 2014 #71
Well isn't that just interesting? workinclasszero Dec 2014 #73
shocking 1step Dec 2014 #75
Redundancy. Trillo Dec 2014 #77
The Body Cam cynzke Dec 2014 #82
I'm sure even if it was it wasn't madokie Dec 2014 #83
easy out cambio.y.esperanza Dec 2014 #89
Americans have a right to observe our Gov. at work, we pay them. No camera? we can not take their wo Sunlei Dec 2014 #95
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