Lefties have been demanding police wear body cameras for years, believing the public would finally see all the wanton acts of violence perpetrated by cops against peaceful, law-abiding members of society. Then they saw the truth.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has wanted body cams since the death of Eric Garner, back in 2014 when she was public advocate of New York. She even suggested body cameras were a good idea for cops and would save the city of New York money.
“If we were to do, to implement body cameras on 15 percent of our police force in New York City, it would only cost taxpayers $5 million. Currently, we are paying out $152 million annually to claims, individuals who are charging police officers with police misconduct,” she said at a press conference in her office.
A year later, after the death of Walter Scott in South Carolina, she told us why she REALLY wanted the police to wear body cams,
“The video from South Carolina released last night demonstrates the crucial importance of body cameras for police encounters. Had a concerned citizen not taken the initiative to record the shooting, this tragedy and injustice would have gone unknown,” Ms. James said in a statement to the Observer. “Incidents of recorded police brutality are reaching a critical mass nationwide, and they underscore the urgent need for police reform, transparency, and accountability measures—including body cameras, improved police-community relations, and innovative technology in police departments. We must expand the use of body cameras in New York City and in police departments across the nation.”
Mega-lefty New York Mayor Bill de Blasio chased federal funding for police body cams in 2014 when then-president Obama offered $263 million dollars for police body cams.
This is the truth be careful what you ask for it can blow up in their faces and it has opened the eyes of even Some democrats. Thank God for our First Responders, they are harassed every day, defunded by the civilians they are their to protect, shot & killed every day and still they answer the call!