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submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by balderdash9@lemmy.zip to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 hours ago

Semi trucks have camera systems that send recorded events to a third party to be monitored and stored in case needed. The only reason this is not done is because police want the ability to cover up their crimes.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Crazy how in China's 'one party system' there's more discussions and disagreements than in the USA's 'two party system'.

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago

Maybe someone bought Axon stocks recently and is looking to boost their value?

[–] dexa_scantron@lemmy.world 98 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] JLock17@lemmy.world 20 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

"We need police reform in america!"

Unironically, Democrats:

(This is clothing specific to Ghana (We didn't get police reform.))

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 50 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Also, bodycams were always a cop wishlist item. They control the footage, does anyone think if ICE had bodycams there would be transparency? Of course not, there would be a ton of “malfunctioning” bodycams when they did some shit, and in any case where a civilian showed even a hint of resistance or that they might fight back, the footage would be used to bury them.

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 21 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

If the bodycams came with a law that said  that in case of malfunction of the bodycam the one to be trust is the civilian all those "malfunctioning" bodycams wouldn't have any problem working right.

[–] johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 5 hours ago

Yea it should be the body camera footage vs the civilian testimony. The cops shouldn't even get to tell " their side". Camera wasn't working? Guess the civilian testimony is 100% true.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 28 points 17 hours ago

The most telling part of the vid is where he switches the camera from his right hand to his left, so he can pull his gun out with his right hand.

[–] _chris@lemmy.world 113 points 21 hours ago (41 children)

Dems are beholden to billionaires. They just don’t want to be as obvious as Republicans.

It’s not liberals versus conservatives.

It’s the rich versus the rest.

There’s a lot more of us than there are of them.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

They are owned by the same oligarchs and Israel. Nothing will meaningfully improve for the American people until we end the Israeli occupation of our government. https://www.trackaipac.com/congress

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[–] prof@infosec.pub 47 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

News about the USA makes me so incredibly sad and anxious currently.

I hope the world won't go to shit and people will eventually see reason again.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

As someone who's been in the center of the storm watching it grow for decades, I have to warn you and everyone outside of the USA that this is NOT a USA problem, this is a social problem that is spreading across the globe.

Corporate interests know no borders and will continue to work to destabilize and divide populations so that people don't push back on the rich. The rich can only keep their power if people give it to them, and as long as people hate each other, they will keep giving power to the wealthy. This isn't even new.

It's just that everyone sees the impact on the US the most because the US has the biggest everything and when you see the giant fall, you tend to think the issue is connected to just the giant.

You want to save your country? Get very involved. Form movements, be on guard for emotional appeals and propaganda from either side, understand that the force that will subvert your government and society will not come from expected angles, it will be the amplification of the worst voices on both sides of every issue until the median voters and liberal population get fed up and tune out, it will be ploys to capitalize on the sexual insecurity of young men, it will be campaigns about race and culture under the guise of some non-racist ideal like preserving public safety or anti-terror, and most of all it will be atomized perspectives... algorithms that feed people isolated perspectives of the world.

You can only fight this with community and movement and being social and bold. Get people off their chairs and get people organized in your local community, or find who is already doing that and help them.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I think the sooner we stop hoping and start fighting, will improve our chances to see a world based on freedom and reason within our lifetimes.

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Maybe if we just bury our heads in the sand, say Dems are for taxing the rich, funding social programs, and raising the minimum wage, we will get there one day.

[–] evol@lemmy.today 18 points 19 hours ago

As long as the gas chambers are up to code, who am I to judge? - Lib circa 1944

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