Something deeply wrong w/#policing in #USA.
For shop #security to be fired for sharing video of an #officer shooting to death a dog wagging its tail...
Shows the clear intimidation businesses feel if they dare expose police abuses of power. #Thinblueline #BlueWall #HumanRights #animalrights
https://youtu.be/Oz1rQuhnBMU
@RTP Would sharing a video, affect any future trial, as the jury need to work on the information / evidence presented.
But yes, no excuse to intimidate people.
@zleap Yes this is true, it w/be unlikely to affect future trial as the video would be part of discovery.
On the other hand, the relationship between small businesses in the USA and police:
That relationship is part coziness, the other half, unspoken intimidation. Even if silent. Businesses like said dispensaries no doubt fear officer retaliation for the shared video.
And sometimes these videos released help add public pressure to change the training -- which is really at the heart of it.
Yeah some people dont want change, could explain why social services here in the UK keep failing.
