The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.

Too hard to sprinkle crack on bodies with cameras.

I'd like to share why things like these piss me off to no end. I need to vent a little so feel free to ignore this as it will be a bit "ranty."

This isn't a story about the DEA but more just cops in general. I live in a super small town where everyone is (generally) super nice and so are the police. I see them at the gas station and community events like Holiday parties and cook outs. I've known these guys since my parents moved here when I was a kid and I grew up with these guys being around and was even their neighbor at one point. Most of them are not bad people...

That being said, I will never trust them again in my entire life. I don't give a shit what kind of law enforcement you are, whether that's a cop, the DEA, or ICE, the fact that the "good ones" are actively watching this happen with basically zero resistance makes me sick. I'm sure they are scared to lose their jobs, themselves, and I'm sure even their families. But at the same time they have no right to feel scared when the people they are meant to "protect and serve" are absolutely terrified. These people aren't just at risk of losing their job or title, they are at risk of getting literally forced out of their home and sent to another country or a foreign prison.

I guess my point here is this: To all the politicians (Republican and Democrat), police officers, government staff, federal agents, judges, and literally everyone else that is in a position of power while just letting this happen, grow a fucking back bone. They're going after us now, but it's only a matter of time before they come for everyone else for the smallest of infractions no matter where they are on the ladder. It's easy to resist now and the longer we wait the harder it will get. We're running out of fucking time and nobody in any position of power seems to give a shit beyond their own skin, even if it's only delaying the inevitable.

Easier to cover up crimes if there's no evidence of it

"We want to stop having to make up excuses for turning them off when we break the law, so we're discontinuing their use entirely."