Argh, shaky cam(era)!

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Wilkens was awarded more than $180,000 in total damages.

Jurors additionally determined that Edwards acted with negligence when his police car rear-ended Wilkens’ motorcycle, but ruled that the veteran state trooper did not violate Wilkens’ rights by pointing a gun at him and using force to handcuff and then pull Wilkens to his feet.

Wilkens suffered a broken left clavicle, a fractured rib and other injuries in the Aug. 3, 2012, incident.

http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33955359-75/federal-jury-rules-in-favor-of-speeding-motorcyclist-against-oregon-state-police-trooper.html.csp

Some other nice bits in the article, the officer was driving an unmarked chevy camaro, was unaware that it was equipped with a dash cam, and blamed the rear ending of the bike on 'brake fade' (which a brake expert testified was rare in modern brake systems).

It's a fun read, also the cop was later promoted to captain.

I completely agree that it *looks* like very bad form by the police, and also that race seems like a very clear factor in the escalation.

However, the phone video doesn't tell the whole story. While I tend to believe the passenger when he says that they were NOT told why they were being pulled over, the officers did NOT give their names, etc., the phone video doesn't preclude the possibility that they were given that information before the video started.

I think @bobknight33 is right to say that seeing a dash cam recording from the police car would definitely help clear things up, especially if I was in a situation where my opinion mattered (say, if I was on a jury in a case against the officers).

This is exactly the sort of situation where a good cop would be very happy to have dash cam or uniform cam evidence to show that their actions were justified, if indeed they were. That seems unlikely (but not completely impossible) here, though.

Does a high crime area warrant a stricter standard of police action?

Would be nice to see the police dash cam or such.

The passenger for the most part was complying ,

Just because no reason was give does not mean there is not a reason.

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Does the illuminati believe in shaky cam? That was the worst.

I currently own the rights to posting a series of vine shorts in a compilation on YouTube.

I'm also in talks with the owner of Russian Dash Cam compilations.

We're gonna make a MINT.

True story.

Did you see this one?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2016/01/29/80-percent-of-chicago-pd-dash-cam-videos-are-missing-audio-due-to-officer-error-or-intenti
onal-destruction/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_popns

"Error"...

A surprisingly large percentage of security camera footage is cammed, either because there is no easy way to get the raw files or because people don't know how to do the required extraction and video editing.

Pointing a phone at the screen is a really easy way to grab a few seconds of footage

Cammed.

Cammed?

needs more shakey-cam.

Releasing a teaser like this is insulting, and I don't mean that jokingly.

How can you release a few seconds a shitty-cam footage with any amount of aplomb at all? This is pathetic.