“They operate as a gang. They commit crimes, they assault people,” one deputy told CBS News’ Maria Elena Salinas.
The deputy said the gang is based out of East L.A., and that members who have become Banditos there have been promoted and “they’ve spread all over the county.”
As soon as a police officer deliberately turns his own body camera off, he should be considered to no longer an officer, and is simply a civilian with a gun acting illegally. This is how his crimes should be treated.
At the point he turns the camera off, he has effectively resigned from the force, and turned into a rogue vigilante.
A search of Amazon, Ebay, and Aliexpress results in lots of things called “police body cameras” ranging in price from $20-200. Maybe these should become standard accessories for protesters, joggers, and the like. Even criminals could use them, because they can always securely erase the video once they get away. “Your own video clearly shows you rolling through the stop sign before you were pulled over, and your kids forced to lie face down in the snow.”
Well, nothing will remove the presumption of innocence. I agree that it makes any of his testimony suspect. Too bad grand juries don’t see it that way.
They have told us how much a black life matters. Just a little over a week’s pay.