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supercyberlurker t1_je6mrrn wrote

Reply to comment by MrDangerMan in 11 current and former East Cleveland police officers indicted after ‘appalling’ behavior caught on video, prosecutor says by AudibleNod

I'm just not sure which is more true:

  • There's more bad cops now, because the system has become a factory for them.
  • We're more aware of police misbehavior now, because they are more recorded.
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gwxtreize t1_je6uo82 wrote

Imagine, had a guy not been testing his new camcorder, the L.A. race riots may not have happened at that time and Rodney King's abusers would not have even been charged (I believe they were each acquitted but being charged was a baby step in the right direction).

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crazybehind t1_je83vfz wrote

Different take: That shit must be going on enough that it happened to get caught, which also means there are many such beatings that go undiscovered.

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TootsNYC t1_je8stwp wrote

Same take, I think. Or yours is an extension of theirs. True points, both.

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jonathanrdt t1_je6q0hf wrote

It's the latter. People are not changed. The coverage of them has.

We finally see all of the best and worst and absurd that people do.

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Joe-Schmeaux t1_je6wq9j wrote

I believe we are just witnessing more of what has been going on the entire time. It was likely much worse before, too: now they know there is at least some likelihood of there being video evidence of their crimes.

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thephantom1492 t1_je8p2bl wrote

We are more aware AND things changed too. We do not tolerate the abuse anymore like we did 40 years ago.

Also, global news. Before interet, news was way more local. Most news were from the city, some from the state and few from the country. International news were almost non-existant. So only the big things came out. A bad officer was not a big thing.

Now, with internet, you know about everything all around the world, in a matter of seconds!

Now we start to see some patterns. One bad officer here, another there, yet another, oh and 5 here, 6 there and so on. Now it is not a single officer in your news area, but lots of international ones. Now it's a big things.

And, also, 9/11. News on TV got a longer segment. Pre-9/11 it was 30 minutes here. Now it's 1 hour. They now have time for the less big things that happened everywhere. In fact, they have no choice in some way than talk about it, they need to fill the time they have or else they just repeat themself! Remember, most of the year there is not even enough local material to fill 15 minutes of news. Now they have to do 60!

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