Question: Why do cops do staggeringly stupid shit when they KNOW they'll be on video?

[MannyGoldstein]

After Tony Baloney's career-ending 15 minutes of shame, you'd think they'd realize that almost everyone has a video camera these days.

WTF?

[Poll_Blind]

1. Because they feel they KNOW they'll be given immunity or at least great protection for their acts..

And I have to say, they're almost always right.

PB

[Warpy]

2. They know fellow cops will close rank and protect them

when Internal Affairs starts nosing around.

Unfortunately, that doesn't protect them from outraged citizens and mayors and college officials who want to keep their jobs.

[Downwinder]

8. Plus a paid vacation over Christmas and New Year.

[Demoiselle]

3. Hitler and Mussolini knew they were being filmed, too.

And they kept pretty meticulous records of their invasions, concentration camps, pogroms and so forth...

[DeSwiss]

4. They're cops Manny......

...staggeringly stupid shit is where they excel,http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/09/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-connecticut-judge-rules-that-police-can-bar-high-iq-scores.html">because that's where they start.















http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hklqkwyISuk">''All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent.'' ~ Thomas Jefferson.

[MannyGoldstein]

10. Holy cow. That's messed up. nt

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. Smart folk might get the idea to disobey illegal orders.

Just....whoa....damn...

[abelenkpe]

13. OMG! Nt

[ret5hd]

5. When you have done something a hundred or more times with no consequences...

well, i don't think i have to finish.

[GoCubsGo]

6. That kind of behavior isn't limited to cops.

The whole "Jackass"series was based on people knowingly doing stupid thing in front of a camera. People rob banks and convenience stores, knowing that they are being recorded. YouTube is full of that kind of shit, too. Some people just don't give a shit, cops and civilians alike.

[Cassandra]

7. When they are sued...

taxpayers get the bill.

[Webster Green]

9. They are idiots. Half the population is walking around with TV stations in their pockets.

I love it! :rofl:

[abelenkpe]

11. It's their way of supporting OWS

Every Time they beat a protester or pepper spray an old lady or destroy someones electronics media coverage and support for OWS grows.

[gkhouston]

14. Because they want the protesters to fight back, and have video of THAT.

Dozens of videos of police giving someone a beatdown will get far less air-time than one protester fighting back.

[saras]

15. Because a hundred and fifty years of history says they'll get away with it, INCLUDING public opinion

[firehorse]

16. poor lack of impulse control, drunk on power, etc.

[Prometheus Bound]

17. The key words in your question, 'staggeringly stupid' give you your answer

[SoCalMusicLover]

18. They Are Above The Law

And truly believe they are immune from punishment.

[nineteen50]

19. They are placed in crisis to often

[MuseRider]

20. Because they can and

they look so studly and hot when they can do that and act like it is a walk in the park or like they are spraying weeds in their garden or just popping the dog for pooping on the carpet.

Seriously, little usually happens to them and that adds to their feelings of immunity and coolness.

I am kinda unsure about this but every time I see one of these it seems that there is a lot of strutting and casualness about it all.