Can Camera Phones & Social Media curb Police Brutality?
Adam Greene was going into diabetic shock, weaving through traffic lanes early in the morning on October 29th, 2010.
Police thought he was intoxicated – a reasonable suspicion given the circumstances and the fact that it was 4 AM.
This is what happened next:
Lawyer’s for Greene released the video this past Tuesday. On the same day, the “Henderson City Council approved a settlement of $158,500 for Greene. His wife received $99,000 from Henderson, which is just under the minimum amount that requires council approval,” according to The Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The police response in the above video is obviously excessive, even if Greene had turned out to be drinking and driving.
Police pull him from the car, cuff him, throw him to the ground and pile on top of him. One cusses at him. Others shout for him to stop resisting arrest as he flops in a daze on the pavement.
Only later do they realize their mistake. “Call in medical,” one officer says. “We found some insulin in his pocket. … He’s semiconscious.”
“Let’s get medical out here. He’s a diabetic, he’s probably in shock,” the officer tells dispatch.
This is not as uncommon a phenomenon as we’d like to believe.
The War On Cameras
This video was taken from a highway patrol vehicle. But with the rise of smartphones and mobile cameras, videos like this are becoming far more common. Government officials are trying to figure out how to respond.
Too often, the response is to arrest and jail people who take video of arrests or police abuses. Sometimes police try to erase videos taken by journalists or citizens. This doesn’t always pan out.
Police are now operating under increased scrutiny as technology makes it harder and harder to operate under the cloak of anonymity. This is a good thing. FULL STORY
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