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Raleigh cops call release of body camera footage "dangerous" (when they raided the wrong family). (indyweek.com)

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[-] BrotherL0v3@lemmy.world 206 points 5 months ago

The RPD pointed out that an attorney for the Abbouds had released home security footage of the raid online, which the police said made releasing the body camera footage redundant. At the same time, the RPD claimed that releasing the body camera footage might expose confidential information about search warrant execution or damage officers’ reputations.

You busted in a door and pointed an AR-15 at a baby. Your reputation should be fucking damaged.

Raleigh police “wrongfully executed a ‘Quick Knock’ warrant”—meaning they kicked in the door before the Abbouds had a chance to open it[...]

This is just a no-knock raid. Let's not pretend knocking on a door a half second before pulling out the battering ram is some magical third category of warrant: no-knock raids should be banned, and whatever the fuck these cops did should be considered a no-knock.

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 122 points 5 months ago

Somehow the "your honor, the evidence will damage my reputation" seems to be work quite well when you're a cop or millionaire.

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 63 points 5 months ago

I went to their Facebook page and nobody in Raleigh seems to even know this happened.

[-] herbh@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago

Can confirm. I live in Raleigh, and this is the first I'm hearing about this.

[-] Tolstoshev@lemmy.world 40 points 5 months ago

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Every time we make a rule they make up some new bullshit to keep doing the things we banned.

[-] Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Blame the Supreme Court. THEY are the dudes making up rules that let cops (and government officials) off the hook. Rules that don't apply to you.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 77 points 5 months ago

"If you don't have anything to hide, what are you afraid of?" ;)

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago

Man, the world has gotten to the point where obvious logical inconsistencies don't even register as surprising anymore. Somewhere in my brain I still know that they should but I'm so desensitized to them that I can't even laugh about how absurd they are.

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

Hate to break it to you, but the world has always been full of logical inconsistencies and you are just more aware of them as more information has become available.

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

I'm well aware of that. That doesn't change the fact that I was raised to expect them to be dealt with rationally once recognized. Most of us were.

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

Being told that anything will be dealt with rationally is actually one of the logical inconsistencies.

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

OK Mr. Contrarian. You're right and I'm wrong. Now that we've established that please find something interesting to contribute to the discussion or move on.

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago

I didn't spend 7 years on my doctorate in contrarian studies to be called mister!

My response was supposed to be agreement. Maybe it needed to be phrased differently, but I was agreeing that it was yet another thing that we are told that doesn't match reality to anyone paying attention.

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

lol fair enough. This response was funny either way so all is forgiven. Apologies if I misunderstood your intent.

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[-] sndmn@lemmy.ca 67 points 5 months ago

Nobody has written a hit song called "Fuck the Fire Department!"

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They did, but - if you listen to it, you'll find that your point still stands. :D

https://youtu.be/7JkrJUAg8aI

(I suspect the song is ^not^ actually about the Fire Department.)

[-] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Heh. There's been case studies of that literally happening, but it's always been one member likes fire too much, not systemic.

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[-] viralJ@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Lol made me imagine firemen standing next to a burning house and drenching the one next to it with their hoses.

[-] ImADifferentBird 6 points 5 months ago

All Houses Matter

[-] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Firefighters pull up to a black family's home, burn it down, and charge them with arson.

[-] Seraph@kbin.social 67 points 5 months ago

"We can't release the footage, it would be dangerous."
But the family agreed to release it.
"Not dangerous for them, dangerous for me!"

Whole thing seems like a poorly written SNL skit.

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[-] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 47 points 5 months ago

Dangerous for their ability to keep their jobs and reputation.

Skill issue + ACAB

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 44 points 5 months ago

It's very dangerous for them to expose their complete and repeated incompetence to the public. One of these days the public might even think that cops might be capable of doing something wrong.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 5 months ago

Serves no interest to the public who pays for these bodycams. Yeah right.

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

Yep. Dangerous. For them. Color me shocked

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 17 points 5 months ago

abolish the police. We don't need these gangsters breaking down our doors like that in our community

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

[-] mycathas9lives@mastodon.social 4 points 5 months ago

@Uranium3006 @BonesOfTheMoon

They should be replaced with boy scout type people

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[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

the RPD claimed that releasing the body camera footage might damage officers’ reputations.

RPD attorney Sherita Walton said that the raid was “valid on its face” and insisted that none of the officers did anything wrong.

State Bureau of Investigation agents confused Abboud with a neighbor who is also of Arab descent—the police refused to pay for the damage

[-] frezik@midwest.social 11 points 5 months ago

If enough "dangerous" body camera footage got out, someone might finally do something about it.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 5 months ago

Man, these cameras sure sound dangerous.

I mean, what are the poor police supposed to do? Not be a bunch of cunts? That's not why they got into this job!

[-] mhague@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

"Releasing the footage might harm their reputations."

Don't you just station your troops in a different district and call it a day?

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