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Cattledog

(6,617 posts) Sat Jan 24, 2026, 05:32 PM 2 hrs ago

ICE has thousands of body cams but they refuse to wear them.

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ICE has thousands of body cams but they refuse to wear them. (Original Post) Cattledog 2 hrs ago OP

It wouldn't matter anyways JBTaurus83 2 hrs ago #1

They also get student loan forgiveness mr715 2 hrs ago #2

body cams don't reduce lawlessness WhiskeyGrinder 2 hrs ago #3

Exactly. JBTaurus83 2 hrs ago #4

JBTaurus83

(936 posts)

1. It wouldn't matter anyways

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 05:44 PM

2 hrs ago

They just lie about what we all see on our own televisions. They may as well have taken all the money wasted on those cameras and flushed it down a toilet.

mr715

(3,037 posts)

2. They also get student loan forgiveness

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 05:57 PM

2 hrs ago

Which I think is a somewhat perverse incentive.

Who needs body cams when you have the citizens of Minneapolis.

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,534 posts)

3. body cams don't reduce lawlessness

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 06:01 PM

2 hrs ago

JBTaurus83

(936 posts)

4. Exactly.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 06:19 PM

2 hrs ago

It’s a pat on the back “solution” that politicians vote for so they can claim they did something.

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