If you think that body cams can't be turned off, or that data can't be mysteriously lost or swiped, you're delusional.
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Think about Ferguson. What would a body cam have changed? I'm guessing nothing. Not. A. Damn. Thing.
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Nixon refused to appoint a special prosecutor in Darren Wilson's case. You're delusional if you think a body cam would gave changed that.
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Eric Garner's killing was caught on camera. And we don't even have word on an indictment, much less a trial.
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Tamir Rice's killing also on camera. Media's already trying to dig up criminal record, not for the man who killed him but for the 12-y-o.
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I haven't even looked at who's getting body cam contracts to profit from black pain and black death. But that's a factor here, too.
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For now, I know this: body cams will not solve shit. Dealing with racism, and dealing with anti-blackness in particular, will.
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@aurabogado@smkyle1 Gotta do what we can do.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Tech not the solution, change is. MT
@aurabogado So, w/o even addressing bias or racism, invest in body cams? This is cause for celebration?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado Well, certainly body camera suppliers have lots to celebrate.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado And we'll see them mysteriously malfunction at all the times we want them, unless far deeper cultural changes are madeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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