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I think this is an outstanding idea. But if it's to be credible, the recordings need to be unmodifiable/undeleteable by the user, and immediately available to law enforcement.

Heads I win, tails you lose is not credible. It's just riot bait.

>>downer+(OP)
>the recordings need to be unmodifiable/undeleteable by the user and immediately available to law enforcement.

That would be a 5th Amendment violation, and possibly a privacy matter.

>>downer+(OP)
I thought the police were largely required to wear body cams plus have dash cams in the US. If that is true then there is no need to share the footage, since law enforcement should already be in possession of recordings of an incident.

>>sjogre+Qv
I was referring to personal recordings rather than those made by police bodycams.

Police body cams are somewhat widespread. But many on the left here, including BLM apparently, are against them. For example: https://fox17.com/news/local/black-lives-matter-nashville-re...

>>thekev+42
That's probably true, from a legal perspective.

As a practical matter, though, being able to pick and choose only the most inflammatory and out-of-context audio/video pretty much ruins this as a real source of truth.