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N.J. worker loses job after objecting to surveillance camera pointed at her desk, lawsuit says (www.nj.com)

submitted 4 months ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Except they have full control over those cameras and the footage they record.

Anytime there’s misconduct they just refuse to release the footage or they turn off the camera.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We should have civil rights organizations be in charge of the footage.

Make them automatically upload to ACLU servers.

Police brutality plummets.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Except even when they are filmed nothing happens, they just get paid leave or shuffled to another department.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Before video evidence became a thing, almost 0% of police brutality would face any consequences. With video, its now non-zero, should be ideally at 100%, but getting the statistic away from 0% is a great start. The murderer of George Floyd would've walked away without video evidence. When there's more cameras, the odds of punishment is better than without cameras.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

That’s a fair point, I’m just skeptical how much of a difference a new tech gadget can make on systemic issues.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

At least then the victim's family can get a wrongful death payout. It would be even better if they abolished qualified immunity.