Comment by fknorangesite
3 years ago
> your situation
Unfortunately this situation is by no means unique.
> That has to be unsettling.
And now you know why there has been a growing movement predicated on the idea that the vast sums of money we spend on police may not be well-spent.
What's the alternative? Build a citizens' militia? Hire a private security firm?
Why pay cops to pull people over when a camera can do it for far less and not cost the manpower? Where I live, you get an automated ticket for even 3 over the limit. The neighborhoods are actually safe to walk around because people aren’t going 50 in a 30. The cops actually wander around and talk to people, helping them instead of being seen as ticket-givers and a potential bad day.
Because a camera doesn't have a boot to lick.
The police get a lot more leeway to do bad things because some percent of society just defaults to giving them the benefit of the doubt.