WTF Bad boys, Bad boys, whatcha gonna do

I meant more the active following with eyes on them (so they can't claim they needed to chase to see if they take more hostages or dump the stolen goods or whatever)

Can do that from farther back in civilian vehicles with the GPS giving directions.
 
Can do that from farther back in civilian vehicles with the GPS giving directions.
or a helicopter, which was following it, which was what I mentioned that he was responding to.

we're in agreement on this, the chase was 100% unneccessary.
 
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That's both potentially drawing fire towards innocents cars from the carjacker AND cops putting rounds in innocents cars at the same time.
The only people protected or served there is themselves.
 
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I couldn’t attach it here (too large a file) but there are tons of gifs from Idiocracy that show the cops doing that to Frito’s car.
 
What we are now witnessing is the result of years of budget cuts, poor training, poor recruiting, etc.

Wait another 30 years. There may actually be a reason to own a gun or seven by then.
 
Cops raid house. Cops shoot woman legally living there. Afterward, authorities find out that the man they were looking for in the house was in jail during the raid.


So, we are supposed to, and encouraged to, have firearms in the house for defense against government tyranny, but that only leaves you open to be shot by coppers.

That’s quite the racket.
 
So, we are supposed to, and encouraged to, have firearms in the house for defense against government tyranny, but that only leaves you open to be shot by coppers.

That’s quite the racket.

Watch what happens if you use one against an armed intruder whose day job happens to be cop.

I don't know of any legislation or precedent setting landmark case regarding that.
 
Also cops that don't follow the rules ARE government tyranny. Whatever level of government they are agents of.
 
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What gets me is jurisdictions that claim body cameras are too expensive to buy and maintain then they buy a war machine that they’ll use once a decade for an inflated price.

And when they finally get the cameras, better footage can be had by duct taping an iPhone to their shirt.

Like “security” cameras, body cams are about as low tech as they can be.
 
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What gets me is jurisdictions that claim body cameras are too expensive to buy and maintain then they buy a war machine that they’ll use once a decade for an inflated price.

And when they finally get the cameras, better footage can be had by duct taping an iPhone to their shirt.

Like “security” cameras, body cams are about as low tech as they can be.

I never understood this either. With the tech we have today it really would be 100x better quality just wearing a phone.

Re: war machines.
A lot of those the feds give them for cheap or even free. Afghanistan/Iraq surplus.
They're also so expensive to maintain some smaller departments end up letting them sit and rot in the parking lot but by god they just gotta have one.
 
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What gets me is jurisdictions that claim body cameras are too expensive to buy and maintain then they buy a war machine that they’ll use once a decade for an inflated price.

And when they finally get the cameras, better footage can be had by duct taping an iPhone to their shirt.

Like “security” cameras, body cams are about as low tech as they can be.
it may be because they know the body cams are more likely to provide evidence against them than exonerate them, so it's cheaper not to get them and take their odds in court knowing jurors are generally biased in favor of police