So, apparently the police forces around the country are getting tired of being embarrassed and convicted for what they could have in the past simply denied. Now, with the advent of tiny video recording devices, the police are in the cross-hairs and they don't like it.
Not only that, but the courts, the very people who should be upholding the right of the people to monitor and record evidence in their own defense are supporting the police in regards to being recorded.
I recently watched a video of a British Columbia police officer showing off his new toy: a camera system on his patrol car that can scan and identify up to 3,000 license plates an hour, so some such. And yet, when you want evidence that a the officer beat you and then arrested you for assault, you're the criminal. When you want proof the cop acted outside of his scope you're the criminal.
What would have happened to Rodney King had no one recorded the police abuse? What would have happened to all those people who were innocent or abused without cause had there been no recording devices?
Is this the country we live in now? Where you are no longer allowed to collect evidence in your own defense?
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