Police videos are fascinating to watch, because it gives good insight into the sort of encounters officers have a risk of running into on a daily basis.
America in particular has recently mandated that police officers are required to wear body cameras. The intent was spurred by police protestors to quickly hasten investigations in police brutality. In an ironic twist, the body cameras did nothing more than absolve the officers more easily than before with footage of them justifiably defending themselves from criminals. This has resulted in the same activists now trying to abolish mandatory body cams, claiming that they are a violation of privacy. This new approach hasn't seemed to work, but the end result is now the public has access to a wide variety of police body cam videos, most of which are archived on channels such as this.
Some of them are charming, like this footage of police officers saving a kitten from a tree.
Some of them are less so and involve police officers dealing with life threatening situations or even death, such as this case where a guy gets shot by cop as he rams his car into him and tries to stab him with a knife.
Needless to say, the rookie cop who had only been on the force for less than a year handled the situation very well, including calling paramedics while still in shock for the man who just attempted to take his life without provocation.
Afterwards, charges were investigated and dropped when the investigation reached conclusive findings, being that the guy was shot by a cop while he rammed his car into him and tried to stab him with a knife. Needless to say, anti-police activists flipped out and protested the police station for a week. In an extremely unusual case, the video evidence was released before the investigation officially concluded, which was shown above. The guy getting shot, I mean. Not the video of the cat.
Now refuted with indisputable evidence, the activists quietly accepted their mistakes and moved on after apologizing. I'm lying, of course, and instead they demanded the police release more videos of the shooting beyond the conclusive video evidence. Because it's reasonable to assume a random shooting in a random neighborhood during the middle of a weekday would have other recordings, you see. They also want to continue the investigation of the officer because in the video he didn't try negotiation or non-lethal approaches to a man actively stabbing him. On top of that, they're upset because the police chief called the activists "misinformed" for being misinformed.
Here is a direct quote from an activist in the interview:
"'It is unclear from the limited body camera footage what types of de-escalation tactics were used by Officer Mattson, why he fell to the ground, why his flashlight fell, and whether he attempted to use nonlethal force before using deadly force against Ronald Davis,' the coalition wrote in the release. 'The public also has a right to demand an independent investigation in police shooting cases in Minnesota, given the relative frequency within which they have been occurring the disproportionate rate of Black men and other men of color being killed by police. Beyond that, there have been allegations of corruption within the St. Paul Police Department and the BCA for many years and those concerns have not been taken seriously by Governor Walz or other elected officials.'"
The case is still ongoing as far as I can uncover, but the conclusions of the trial appears rather predictable at this point.
Beyond this incident, feel free to share other videos of police activity or anti-police hysteria. That includes if you have videos or incidents of corrupt or incompetent police or officers using excessive force--that's fair game, too. If you have any news reports to support anything involving an investigation or protest, be sure to include them and maybe archive them for posterity's sake.
America in particular has recently mandated that police officers are required to wear body cameras. The intent was spurred by police protestors to quickly hasten investigations in police brutality. In an ironic twist, the body cameras did nothing more than absolve the officers more easily than before with footage of them justifiably defending themselves from criminals. This has resulted in the same activists now trying to abolish mandatory body cams, claiming that they are a violation of privacy. This new approach hasn't seemed to work, but the end result is now the public has access to a wide variety of police body cam videos, most of which are archived on channels such as this.
Some of them are charming, like this footage of police officers saving a kitten from a tree.
Some of them are less so and involve police officers dealing with life threatening situations or even death, such as this case where a guy gets shot by cop as he rams his car into him and tries to stab him with a knife.
Needless to say, the rookie cop who had only been on the force for less than a year handled the situation very well, including calling paramedics while still in shock for the man who just attempted to take his life without provocation.
Afterwards, charges were investigated and dropped when the investigation reached conclusive findings, being that the guy was shot by a cop while he rammed his car into him and tried to stab him with a knife. Needless to say, anti-police activists flipped out and protested the police station for a week. In an extremely unusual case, the video evidence was released before the investigation officially concluded, which was shown above. The guy getting shot, I mean. Not the video of the cat.
Now refuted with indisputable evidence, the activists quietly accepted their mistakes and moved on after apologizing. I'm lying, of course, and instead they demanded the police release more videos of the shooting beyond the conclusive video evidence. Because it's reasonable to assume a random shooting in a random neighborhood during the middle of a weekday would have other recordings, you see. They also want to continue the investigation of the officer because in the video he didn't try negotiation or non-lethal approaches to a man actively stabbing him. On top of that, they're upset because the police chief called the activists "misinformed" for being misinformed.
Here is a direct quote from an activist in the interview:
"'It is unclear from the limited body camera footage what types of de-escalation tactics were used by Officer Mattson, why he fell to the ground, why his flashlight fell, and whether he attempted to use nonlethal force before using deadly force against Ronald Davis,' the coalition wrote in the release. 'The public also has a right to demand an independent investigation in police shooting cases in Minnesota, given the relative frequency within which they have been occurring the disproportionate rate of Black men and other men of color being killed by police. Beyond that, there have been allegations of corruption within the St. Paul Police Department and the BCA for many years and those concerns have not been taken seriously by Governor Walz or other elected officials.'"
The case is still ongoing as far as I can uncover, but the conclusions of the trial appears rather predictable at this point.
Beyond this incident, feel free to share other videos of police activity or anti-police hysteria. That includes if you have videos or incidents of corrupt or incompetent police or officers using excessive force--that's fair game, too. If you have any news reports to support anything involving an investigation or protest, be sure to include them and maybe archive them for posterity's sake.
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