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> I wonder what those officers were thinking, arresting a reporter on live camera.

Speaking as someone who's been to a lot of protests, ranging from "peaceful as a baby" to "as street medics we treated 1/3-1/2 of the protestors"... the same thing cops are always thinking. As an institution, they don't like the press, oversight, or public scrutiny of their actions. They react the same way to people with press credentials for less prominent organizations, and to regular humans with phone cameras who have just as much a right to record video, the same way all the time.

>>eyelid+(OP)
Since there clearly aren't penalties for corruption (even corruption-lite like this), it's no surprise that it persists. While we can understand why they do it, that does not make it acceptable, and there have to start being consequences.

I can't help but feel that strong independent oversight is necessary, as the status quo is clearly insufficient.

>>jdashg+r11
The police unions and particularly this administration have been actively undermining strong independent oversight.