Social media intrusion/humiliation

[Eamonnca1]

From Wiki:

Rodney Glen King III (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an American construction worker who became nationally known after being beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers following a high-speed car chase on March 3, 1991. A local witness, George Holliday, videotaped much of it from his balcony, and sent the footage to local news station KTLA. The footage shows five officers surrounding King, several of them striking him repeatedly, while other officers stood by. Part of the footage was aired around the world, inflaming outrage in cities where racial tensions were high, and raising public concern about police treatment of minorities.

Four officers were charged with assault with a deadly weapon and use of excessive force. Three were acquitted of all charges. The jury acquitted the fourth of assault with a deadly weapon, but failed to reach a verdict on the use of excessive force. The jury deadlocked at 8–4 in favor of acquittal at the state level. The acquittals are generally considered to have triggered the 1992 Los Angeles riots, in which 53 people were killed and over 2,000 were injured, ending only when the military was called in.

The acquittals also led to the federal government's obtaining grand jury indictments for violations of King's civil rights. The trial of the four in a federal district court ended on April 16, 1993, with two of the officers being found guilty and subsequently imprisoned. The other two were acquitted again.

[muppet]

The Rodney King beating was probably the first example of this but ubiquitous cameras are great for police accountability. There was a thing on the other day about a black shopkeeper who had CCTV footage of a cop planting cocaine in his store. If it wasn't for the CCTV he'd have faced about 7 years in jail.  I could go on with other examples but they're not hard to find. Some police forces are now even considering requiring their officers to wear cameras at all times when on duty, so it doesn't get into a "he-said-she-said" match when something happens.

As with all new widespread technologies there's going to be a downside and an upside, and we'll figure out ways to keep it under control. Cars were a nuisance at first but we learned to put up with them because we want to be able to work at that place 30 miles away and bring the groceries home from the supermarket.

Sure was. The Grand Jury in that case found police hadn't used excess force while kicking the shit out of him.

Were the Rodney King cops not acquitted after trial?

Two were found guilty after a Federal Trial and each got 32 months in prison.

[DrinkingHarp]

TMI-Too much info!! There will never, ever be a simple video/selfie/picture or any sort of technology format of video/audio that will not be taken or dissected to the ends of the world. Anything that happens is now captured and good or bad that happens from that digital recorded source can be construed to make any point that one wants. The world is either fucked or justified on how one interprets the recording. Is it for the good or bad? I personally believe the latter. Big brother is watching and so are your neighbors.

[mylestheslasher]

It's only going to get worse. A lot of chapels have CCTV now.

We might even see a shock horror video of mylestheslasher in there trying to save his soul.

There can be an upside. Fcukers can be exposed. Bad behaviour. Some people will think twice now.

For every incompetent female parkers laughed at, there will be an incompetent parker who bashes a neighbouring car and who cannot escape paying for it.

I doubt the cctv would be for monitoring the punters, more likely to see what the priests are getting up to. Mind you if some wrong doing was recorded I'm sure  the tapes would vanish anyway.

I read a few weeks ago in a newspaper about a fatal accident where a child pedestrian was knock down and killed and a large number of motorists passing were recording the scene on their phone. Sick f**kers. I despair of humanity some times and apparently I'm the one without the morals.