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Officers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be equipped with much-delayed body cameras by the end of next month, it was reported on Friday. But experts have questioned the transparency of a policy that allows the ICE director to restrict the public release of footage unless “it is in the best interests of the agency”.

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[–] Xopher@piefed.social 7 points 1 hour ago

Of course they won't. The number one principle about ICE is that it can not and will not be held accountable to anyone but itself and the President.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 points 43 minutes ago

Civic duty, not just for Americans, but for everyone is that if they see an interaction happening with any sort of law enforcement, stop...turn on your phone's video camera, and record it. The more citizens record every...single....interaction with authority, the harder it is for them to keep the story hidden.

[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Every agency of the government should have only one interest, the well being of the people.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 1 points 26 minutes ago

You're speaking crazy, man! a government for the people, by the people?? Do you even hear yourself??

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 80 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

So, by the transitive property, if the footage is not released then it assumed to be not in the agency's best interests?

So now, as a potential grand juror, I can now be certain that anything a prosecutor says is absolutely not true unless they produce the video evidence unequivocally proving it so.

Thank you for helping me make a better decision.

(I know ICE doesn't have jurors, but I assume this will be officially adopted by other departments.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 30 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Also every camera malfunction they try to claim, or footage gone missing, it's all just an admission of wrong doing.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 hours ago

and what little might get released is carefully crafted to support their own (and most likely, totally bullshit) narrative. the rest of the clip, the rest of the videos from all the other cameras.. they don't exist.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago

the transparency of a policy that allows the ICE director to restrict the public release of footage unless “it is in the best interests of the agency”.

Lets see how made up department policy stands up to a FOIA request in front of a federal judge.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 29 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] sculptor0725@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They'll edit it down to make protesters look bad and them look good and release that.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

See how that protestor assaulted the ICE vehicle with their body?!?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 17 points 4 hours ago

So like any other piece of shit police force

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 4 hours ago

Don't they then have to classify all footage and declassify what they want to use publically at the least?