Assignment: Predicting Precedent Based on History

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Predicting Precedent Based on History

A case or a current situation that I believe will change how law enforcement is applied in

the future is the use of cell phone versus body worn police cameras. The reason that this is so

vital is because of the use of cell phones that many people are using when dealing with law

enforcement today, cell phones are everywhere, and I believe that where there is a cell phone

there need to be a body worn police camera. The biggest example that I can think of is Jacob

Blake a Kenosha Wisconsin man that was shot in the back by Kenosha police because it was said

by the officer that he was resisting arrest and had a knife but there is no proof from the police

perspective for lack of body worn camera (Rickert, 2020).

If it was not for the cell phone camera footage of the incident, then it would have been the

officers’ word against Jacob Blake and the bystanders which normally the word or the action of

the officers would have somehow been justified. There have been many times where things like

this has happened in the past since there were no videos it was up to investigators to collect the

evidence from the scene and put it all together from the evidence they food. I do not believe that

there would be any investigation to any past cases, but now that we have the technology of today

there will be change when it comes to these type of issues (Ly, 2014)

Law enforcement has played the role of being known as someone that abuses the

authority that was given to perform the job of protect and serve. The brutality of police has come

up to the surface now. There has been historical fear and terror when dealing with law

enforcement especially for the African American communities (Turner-Lee, 2020). I remember

myself being a teenager although I lived in a diverse area in Florida there were many times I can

recall being pulled over and targeted and being asked by the officer what am I doing in this area

mind you I was in school good student no record or did not get in trouble, but was yet felt that I

was the complete opposite just on a stop for nothing so I can relate to what the community is

saying. Even though I have experienced such things I never stopped wanting to go into law

enforcement.

The role that laws enforcement will currently have in relationship to the issue of cell

phone technology is now because of the recordings has showed what people have been

experiencing for years. The main issue today is that black people feel more targeted than any

other race when it comes to the problem of being racially profiled, beaten, arrested, or even

killed by the hands of police. Now people are using the only weapon that they have at them

disposal which is either cell phone recording or social media to talk about it and show it.

Due to the various factors of the use of cell phone technology, social media those things

have been shining he light on a history of abuse that has been happening for far too long and it is

not only just in the black community although it happens more there, but this happens all over to

anybody. On the other side of this all police are not out to abuse authority they are there to

protect and serve and really make a difference.

In order to get back to being a once respected profession law enforcement will not have

to embrace transparency on a level that where people can trust them and stop being so

transparent when dealing with things that may cause a public problem. Another thing that will be

affect law enforcement is to establish the use of current technology that will help them to do

their job while at the same time building trust out in the community (Fritsvold, 2020). I see how

the shift went from one side to the other anytime I know I see a video surface I try not to make

any type of judgements because people will show you what they want you to see and leave out

vital parts of how they got to the point when the video starts. Police body cameras will tell the

story from the officer’s side which is often times not available because the officer does not were

one.

References

Sondel, J., & Knowles, H. (2020, June 10). George Floyd died after officers didn’t step in. These

police say they did — and paid a price. The Washington

Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/10/police-culture-duty-tointervene/

Ly, L. (2014, November 19). Can cell phones stop police

brutality? CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/18/us/police-cell-phonevideos/index.html

Rickert, C. (2020, August 31). In wake of Jacob Blake shooting, Madison's 6-year debate over

police body cameras continue. https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime-and-courts/in-wakeof-jacob-blake-shooting-madisons-6-year-debate-over-police-body-camerascontinues/article_312f2c92-f775-5395-bcfc-ee263717b928.html#:~:text=Body%20cameras

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Turner-Lee, N. (2020, June 5). Where would racial progress in policing be without camera

phones? Brookings. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/05/where-would-racial-progressin-policing-be-without-camera-phones/

Fritsvold, E. (2020, May 26). 5 top trends in law enforcement & criminal justice today. University of San

Diego. https://onlinedegrees.sandiego.edu/top-5-trends-in-law-enforcement/