I don’t think all cops suck, but I do think that many of them do. Fortunately, body cameras are great for the protection of both citizens and cops from both the behavior you described and from false allegations of such behavior. I think they should be 100% standard, and I’d go so far as to say that without a very compelling reason for lack of a body cam, the assumption should be that the cop pretty much can’t do anything, and that alleged violations of rights are presumed to have occurred unless other evidence proves they did not. I think it’s the only (short term) way to address the problem of the power imbalance between cops and civilians.
I don’t think all cops suck, but I do think that many of them do. Fortunately, body cameras are great for the protection of both citizens and cops from both the behavior you described and from false allegations of such behavior. I think they should be 100% standard, and I’d go so far as to say that without a very compelling reason for lack of a body cam, the assumption should be that the cop pretty much can’t do anything, and that alleged violations of rights are presumed to have occurred unless other evidence proves they did not. I think it’s the only (short term) way to address the problem of the power imbalance between cops and civilians.