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Bodycam footage destroys the "systemic issues" narrative
Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:19 am
Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:19 am
Offshoot of the 4cubbies thread.
I don’t know about you, but I love watching police bodycam footage. Amazing stuff. Anyway, after watching God knows how many videos, I see the same pattern in the vast majority of these cases. They completely destroy the "systemic" claims.
They almost all go like this after the vehicle is pulled over:
Step 1
Officer: “You committed X traffic violation. Can I see your license, registration, and insurance?”
[This is where it normally ends for most regular people. They provide the information, receive a citation, and go about their day.]
Suspect: Doesn’t have at least one, often none, of the requested documents. Provides false name to officer.
Step 2
Officer: “That name isn’t coming back. Also, in plain view I can see (open container / smell weed / etc.). Can you step out of the vehicle?”
Suspect: Refuses to comply. Scuffle ensues when removing them from the vehicle.
When the individual or vehicle get searched, multiple drug or weapons are discovered.
Suspect is ultimately charged with:
Traffic violation.
Driving with a suspended license.
Driving with expired registration.
Driving without insurance.
Failure to identify.
Providing a false name to law enforcement.
Open container or drugs / paraphernalia.
Resisting.
Battery on a LEO.
Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Multiple existing warrants.
Follow-up:
All charges except the traffic violation and failure to identify were dropped. Suspect was charged $300 in court costs and sentenced to 12 months of probation.
If anything, these repeat offenders are given more grace than they deserve. The complete opposite of what liberals would have you believe.
I don’t know about you, but I love watching police bodycam footage. Amazing stuff. Anyway, after watching God knows how many videos, I see the same pattern in the vast majority of these cases. They completely destroy the "systemic" claims.
They almost all go like this after the vehicle is pulled over:
Step 1
Officer: “You committed X traffic violation. Can I see your license, registration, and insurance?”
[This is where it normally ends for most regular people. They provide the information, receive a citation, and go about their day.]
Suspect: Doesn’t have at least one, often none, of the requested documents. Provides false name to officer.
Step 2
Officer: “That name isn’t coming back. Also, in plain view I can see (open container / smell weed / etc.). Can you step out of the vehicle?”
Suspect: Refuses to comply. Scuffle ensues when removing them from the vehicle.
When the individual or vehicle get searched, multiple drug or weapons are discovered.
Suspect is ultimately charged with:
Traffic violation.
Driving with a suspended license.
Driving with expired registration.
Driving without insurance.
Failure to identify.
Providing a false name to law enforcement.
Open container or drugs / paraphernalia.
Resisting.
Battery on a LEO.
Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Multiple existing warrants.
Follow-up:
All charges except the traffic violation and failure to identify were dropped. Suspect was charged $300 in court costs and sentenced to 12 months of probation.
If anything, these repeat offenders are given more grace than they deserve. The complete opposite of what liberals would have you believe.
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Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:21 am to Smeg
Bodycam usually shows a suspect being openly combative, trying to fight the officer, flee, or run them over with their car. It usually stems from having outstanding warrants.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:23 am to Smeg
See also, "How to Not Get Your arse Kicked" by Chris Rock.
It's not that hard.
It's not that hard.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:26 am to kingbob
Libs response to body cams..
quote:
We want body cams
quote:
Body cams are racist..
Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:26 am to Smeg
Body cam has been the greatest thing to blow up in the face of Dems and BLM. YT channels like Police Activity, which I binge sometimes, showcase the fatigue, public display, and chaos of the general public and what officers have to go through
Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:26 am to Unobtanium
HE GOT WEED
HE GOT WEEEEED!
HE GOT WEEEEED!
Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:27 am to Hangover Haven
On the handful of cases where the cop actually did f$&k up, though, they’re incredibly useful. I am very thankful for body cams. They really made litigating police cases much easier.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:27 am to Smeg
quote:
I don’t know about you, but I love watching police bodycam footage
People like her were convinced this would finally give them the proof they needed to show cops were racist and it was the system causing problems for minorities.
The opposite occurred
Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:32 am to Smeg
dat footage done been altered.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:02 am to Smeg
The last physical altercation I was involved in on a traffic stop right before I retired really did show me the reason I was getting out for good.
Stop a known drug dealer for 72/55mph zone and driving under suspension.
He was intoxicated and beligerant.
Knowing he had fought officers before I used caution to detain said individual and requested another unit to assist.
He fights us both and we are both struck with hands but he is detained and continues to scream black lives matter.
Two counts of battery on police officer (felonies).
Speeding
DUS
DWI
Sorry arse judge sets $700 bond and he eventually spends zero time in jail.
Stop a known drug dealer for 72/55mph zone and driving under suspension.
He was intoxicated and beligerant.
Knowing he had fought officers before I used caution to detain said individual and requested another unit to assist.
He fights us both and we are both struck with hands but he is detained and continues to scream black lives matter.
Two counts of battery on police officer (felonies).
Speeding
DUS
DWI
Sorry arse judge sets $700 bond and he eventually spends zero time in jail.
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 10:06 am
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:16 am to IndianPower
quote:
The last physical altercation I was involved in on a traffic stop right before I retired really did show me the reason I was getting out for good.
Stop a known drug dealer for 72/55mph zone and driving under suspension.
He was intoxicated and beligerant.
Knowing he had fought officers before I used caution to detain said individual and requested another unit to assist.
He fights us both and we are both struck with hands but he is detained and continues to scream black lives matter.
Two counts of battery on police officer (felonies).
Speeding
DUS
DWI
Sorry arse judge sets $700 bond and he eventually spends zero time in jail.
WTF.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:17 am to Smeg
quote:
Offshoot of the 4cubbies thread
I've asked her in another thread to make me a sammich. Still waiting....
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 11:07 am
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:19 am to IndianPower
quote:
Sorry arse judge sets $700 bond and he eventually spends zero time in jail.
Ha. Exactly. This sounds like almost every video I watch. I can totally understand your frustration. These people often rack up enough charges to deserve 10-20 years in prison but get absolutely nothing.
If the "privileged" people were given the same treatment that these repeat offenders receive, our tickets would go something like this: "You were doing 78 in a 65. Ticket is $275 but if you pay $1.50 you're good to go."
I don't ever remember receiving that amount of leniency. I'm held 100% accountable to my debts.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:25 am to Smeg
Becomes very disheartening plus that shite is a young man's game and I wanna see my grandkids grow up and still be able to play with them while I am not as broken as I already am.
The system is broken and has changed so much since I started it in 1994 its almost unrecognizable as these liberal judges and DAs seriously need to be purged.
The system is broken and has changed so much since I started it in 1994 its almost unrecognizable as these liberal judges and DAs seriously need to be purged.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:26 am to Smeg
The FATIGUE is real...
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:27 am to Smeg
Body cam footage has only cemented my belief that most of the population is borderline mentally retarded---on both sides of the badge.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:30 am to Smeg
The true systemic issue is a culture that values victimhood mentality, zero accountability, zero respect for others or authority, and laziness/ignorance.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:31 am to Smeg
Yep, they're all looking for trouble. Yesterday, I saw some black skank literally bite an officer/ break skin, kicked one officer in the chest and she got off with only probation. How does this not result with at the very least 2-3 years behind bars?
Our judicial system needs a warm soapy enima.
Our judicial system needs a warm soapy enima.
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 10:35 am
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:33 am to Smeg
D**DU NU**IN!
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:33 am to BTROleMisser
quote:
WTF
My buddy is a judge and he tells me all the time that municipal/county judges are discouraged from putting cases like that in jail because of the cost to the city/county to have the inmates inside.
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