Excerpt from Mark Steyn s editorial on Ferguson. Good point. The most basic problem is that we will never know for certain what happened. Why? Because the Ferguson cruiser did not have a camera recording the incident. Thats simply not credible. Law enforcement in Ferguson apparently has at its disposal tear gas, riot gear, armored vehicles and machine guns ...but not a dashcam. Thats ridiculous. I remember a few years ago when my one-man police department in New Hampshire purchased a camera for its cruiser. Its about as cheap and basic a police expense as there is. In 2014, when a police cruiser doesnt have a camera, its a conscious choice. And it should be regarded as such. Last year, my meek mild-mannered mumsy office manager was pulled over by an angry small-town cop in breach of her Fourth Amendment rights. The state lost in court because the officers artful narrative and the usual faked-up-after-the-fact incident report did not match the dashcam footage. Three years ago, I was pulled over by an unmarked vehicle in Vermont and (to put it mildly) erroneously ticketed. In court, I was withering about the departments policy of no dashcams for unmarked cars, and traffic cops driving around pretending to be James Bond but without the super-secret spy camera. The judge loathed me (as judges tend to), but I won that case. In 2014, when a police cruiser doesnt have a camera, its a conscious choice. And it should be regarded as such. FULL ARTICLE: steynonline/6524/cigars-but-not-close
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:27:38 +0000
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