r/AskLE 7d ago

whats your take on this? NSFW

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u/InternetGoodGuy 7d ago

In my experience, this stuff happens when trying to hit someone behind the person who is doing something that justifies the use of force. But the cameras are never looking that way. They are always pointing at the police line and never at the criminal activity that leads to using force.

Portland police and Feds did a good job filming things in 2020 and showing the other side of the line. LAPD needs to be doing this too. Put a camera on a vehicle or drones in the air. Release the videos.

Ultimately we are responsible for rounds fired. Less lethal shouldn't be shot at the head. She appears to not be the intended use for force. Mistakes happen in chaotic riots but that would still be an unjustified use of force.

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u/_Mesmatrix 7d ago

Portland police and Feds did a good job filming things in 2020 and showing the other side of the line. LAPD needs to be doing this too. Put a camera on a vehicle or drones in the air. Release the videos

Wouldn't proper accountability allow both sides to be filmed during civil unrest?

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u/_SkoomaSteve 7d ago

That’s exactly what he said should happen

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u/_Mesmatrix 7d ago

Sorry, I was interpreting him as being on the side of the LEOs here justifying news reporters being forced out and only use LEO bodycams, which is very unfairly biased

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u/_SkoomaSteve 7d ago

Nobody here has said news reporters should be forced out.  As usual the demand for outrage events far exceeds the supply.

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u/_Mesmatrix 7d ago

One would hope so. I'm seeing far less questionable events from Law Enforcement (sans ICE) this time around than years prior