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Police be like (lemmy.zip)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You are right, we won't be able to agree on this.

There is no expectation of privacy in public.

I guess I disagree that an office, or someone's home office is considered a public space.

State employees at any level have authority to abuse, it’s just a very large range.

State employees aren't actively gunning people down in the streets, unless they are cops. I think it's a very big difference. I think you need the accountability that a body cam provides on someone who can literally end lives in seconds.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I guess I disagree that an office, or someone’s home office is considered a public space.

(15) Public official

The term "public official" means any elected official, appointed official, or employee of- (A) a Federal, State, or local unit of government in the United States other than- (i) a college or university; (ii) a government-sponsored enterprise (as defined in section 622(8) of this title);

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=%28title:2%20section:1602%20edition:prelim

I'm not intending this as a 'gotchya', I'm arguing that these are public servants that handle matters of public interest. The location is not important to me, and other than this fringe 'remote' case we're talking about public, tax-funded buildings.

State employees aren’t actively gunning people down in the streets, unless they are cops. I think it’s a very big difference. I think you need the accountability that a body cam provides on someone who can literally end lives in seconds.

And I believe that you need accountability for people that can withhold records that could potentially save you from a life of false imprisonment. To me this is not a significant enough of a difference for me to feel the need to justify it.