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NabNausicaan t1_j3p7k63 wrote

Reply to comment by TheSausageKing in Quite a turnout at the anti police brutality rally in honor of Sayed Faisel. The crowd demands accountability from the CPD for the shooting. There is currently a city council meeting happening where people from the rally and the community are expected to speak. by Harmony_w

According to today's article in the Boston Globe, the Cambridge Police don't wear body cams.

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Old_Travel8423 t1_j3qn550 wrote

That’s a shame and needs to change. From police accounts, it sounds like this was a tragedy, but I’m not sure they did anything wrong. At the same time, I can’t trust the word of cops anymore. Too many of them have been proven wrong too many times. And everyone is monitored and supervised at work, this should be no different.

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[deleted] t1_j4flwju wrote 

Cambridge city Councillor Quinton Zondervan said police body cameras could violate individual privacy

Does anyone know who this flaming pile of shit is and why he exists in Cambridge at all?

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TheSausageKing t1_j3r6g8n wrote

I didn't realize that. I assumed because Boston and Somerville did, Cambridge did as well. Googling it, it looks like the city has been considering it. Once obstacle is it violates the surveillance tech ordinance:

> In 2018 and after two years of discussion, Cambridge passed a comprehensive Surveillance Technology Ordinance that at the time was one of the “most collaborative and progressive in the nation and the first of its kind on the East Coast.” > The goal of the ordinance was to ensure city government doesn’t engage in unwarranted surveillance, said then-Councilor Craig Kelley. > While police cruiser dashboard cameras are exempt under the ordinance, body worn cameras are not.

https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/cambridge-chronicle-tab/2021/06/07/cambridge-one-step-closer-outfitting-police-body-cameras/7542729002/

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pelican_chorus t1_j3sph76 wrote

Yeah, that's a typical case of two liberal ideas at odds with each other.

While one could argue either side, I'd say police oversight trumps surveillance worries.

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