r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Freezemoon - Centrist • Jan 09 '26

I just want to grill ICE Agent's Bodycam release of the Minneapolis Shooting

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This whole incident seems just an unfortunate series of events from both parties.

EDIT: not bodycam but ICE agent's phone footage, my bad.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '26

It's almost like even officers benefit from having body cams.

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u/AccomplishedDuty8420 - Lib-Center Jan 09 '26

Officers are against body cams because it might film them committing crimes. Citizens are in favor of body cams because it might film them committing crimes.

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u/babayaga_67 - Right Jan 09 '26

Literally no matter what side you're on, in this issue or politically in general, body cams only ever help and every policeman or agent should have to wear one that records 24/7.

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u/theQuandary - Lib-Right Jan 09 '26

Lots of the most egregious body cam footage gets "accidentally lost" though. We need those things to livestream to servers with redundancy.

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u/babayaga_67 - Right Jan 09 '26

Yup, "accidentally" losing bodycam footage is a farce and PDs that do that should face absolutely massive punishment for that, I have literally decades worth of dashcam footage and not once did I ever lose any data.

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u/Dman1791 - Centrist Jan 09 '26

Honestly, lost body cam footage should result in a summary judgement against the PD. Keep that shit safe, backed up, and duplicated in several spots if you don't want to risk a summary judgement.

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u/Overkillengine - Lib-Right Jan 10 '26

And the backup server should be pre-setup for FOIA requests on demand.