>RE: there wouldnt be *any* accountability without the videos
>and the public outrage they cause (even among white people).
>
>i understand the downside/apprehension to a constant barrage
>of black death porn.
>
>but lets not forget what things were like pre-cam when police
>abuse was basically adjudicated like some he say she say shit.
>
>
>to put it in perspective...a black man beat a double murder
>charge with 2 white victims (that he was likely guilty of)
>largely because the credibility of the police department
>handling the case had been damaged so badly by being caught
>beating an unarmed black man on film.
>
>much of white america wouldnt even be able to fathom what the
>police are capable of if these videos didnt exist and werent
>widely circulated.