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In this edition of The Illipsis, Jay Smooth’s thoughts on Jay-Z’s streaming music service Tidal are interrupted by the latest national tragedy: 50 year old African American father Walter L. Scott was shot in the back eight times while fleeing a police officer after a traffic stop went horribly wrong.
We have thousands of police officers entrusted with other people’s lives every day, but when the worst case scenario hits of them abusing that power, we do not have a system in place that ensures we will know what happened. In fact, when the worst case scenario hits of an officer abusing their power, that’s precisely when it’s most likely we will have to take that officers word for what happened unless one of us just happens to be there recording.
via On Walter Scott: “Why do they never try to save them?” - YouTube.
Jay Smooth concludes that we all need to be the "black box" in event of police misconduct. Better yet, we should demand to have cameras on all law enforcement officers, their cars, and their weapons. Poll below.
Also see Frank Vyan Walton excellent post, "Jay Smooth: When the worst
happens with Police, WE are the Black Box," which includes a list of resources
for applications that upload to the cloud - http://www.dailykos.com/...