How does this square with FOIA obligations? I get ICE sidestepping transparency by avoiding creating the responsive footage in the first place, but once the body cam footage exists, what basis could they use to withhold it other than redacting footage for the typical reasons?
ICE will release body cam video only when seen in the agency's 'best interests'
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#15So, presumably, not when they murder unarmed civilians in broad daylight? Or deploy chemical weapons around schools?
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#16The interests of ICE should be the same as the public's interest, same as any other domestic policing.
If the public interest is divided, what should be ICE's interest? This applies to other enforcing orgs too. Should it take the majority even if the debate is close to a tie?
In most cases, what wins is the interests of people in power, for all domestic policing
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#17Acting like any other police officer at this point
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#18The interests of ICE should be the same as the public's interest, same as any other domestic policing.
If the public interest is divided, what should be ICE's interest? This applies to other enforcing orgs too. Should it take the majority even if the debate is close to a tie? In most cases, what wins is the interests of people in power, for all domestic policing
They should stop committing human rights violations, at a minimum.
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#19im not sure why they would even bother with the cameras at that point.
This is no different than any other law enforcement agency in the USA historically - it’s a curated source of positive PR that they get taxpayers to fund - it’s never used willingly as a source of truth when law enforcement is in the wrong.
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#20How does this square with FOIA obligations? I get ICE sidestepping transparency by avoiding creating the responsive footage in the first place, but once the body cam footage exists, what basis could they use to withhold it other than redacting footage for the typical reasons?
> what basis could they use to withhold it other than redacting footage for the typical reasons?
The basis is "come and take it." A court order doesn't work on the brownshirts.