>>>http://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns
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>>>"When the police act as though cameras were the equivalent of guns pointed at them, there is a sense in which they are correct. Cameras have become the most effective weapon that ordinary people have to protect against and to expose police abuse. And the police want it to stop. Judges, juries, and legislatures support the police overwhelmingly on this issue, with only a few cases where those accused of 'shooting' the cops being vindicated through the courts."
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>>One of the world's highest-profile cases of this nature was the Tasering death of Robert Dziekanski, right here at YVR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dziekanski
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>>If it wasn't for Pritchard taking his video, the lying scumbag cops would have got off scot-free. This one incident has done more to damage the RCMP's reputation than anything else I can remember in my adult life.
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>Yep we have things like that happen here all the time. Not even a week will go by and you'll see some video taken by a member of the public of a cop doing something he shouldn't be doing (like shooting a guy in the back who's laying on the ground handcuffed for example).
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>Anyway these laws have to be one of the dumbest and disturbing things I've read about in years. Hey - if you're doing your job right, then what's the problem with someone catching it on video? There is only ONE reason why a law like that would be passed - to protect corrupt cops! DUH!

Yes, as with any group, there are corrupt members here and there. But in defense of the police: They are a needed part of society and by the nature of their job, they deal with crimminals most of the time. It stands to reason that many would become jaded after continuously dealing with that sort of people. Some of them will crack and take action that they should not. That said, the police probably do not have the right to demand that taking pictures or video of an event be forbidden.