War on Cameras

J.D. Tuccille | 5.6.2024 7:00 AM

Police, questioned over tactics and culturally besieged not too long ago, find themselves with renewed cachet amidst concerns over crime and campus chaos. That means leverage to win themselves leeway in how they go about their jobs—pushing, for instance, laws that restrict the public's right to record cops making arrests, with Florida the latest jurisdiction to enact such a bill. That pleases fans of law enforcement, but it reduces accountability for an armed and often abusive arm of government.

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War on Cameras

J.D. Tuccille | 5.6.2024 7:00 AM

Police, questioned over tactics and culturally besieged not too long ago, find themselves with renewed cachet amidst concerns over........

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