After living outside of the US for five years now, can pretty safely say that our police force is pretty shit at dealing with people as people. They over step authority, hugely physical, and on most cases cannot de-escalate a situation (i mean they cant disarm someone with a screw driver without putting two in his chest... let alone the fact they have a fucking taser). European police forces deal with extremely similar situations as US officers yet treat civilians with some modicum of respect. They're trained to de-escalate situations, that means not asserting authority over someone with a gun or simply numbers. US cops are garbage at dealing with the public .. but it's not their fault, it's how they're trained. I mean just look at how many cops are needed to cuff or deal with anyone, like 3 squad cars roll up and 4-5 cops decide to take part.. They have an "us" vs"them" mentality which is extremely toxic to any kind of relationship with citizens. They will never turn one of their own in, we need these videos sent to an outside company which is separate from the police. I mean the cops should have zero access to the videos. They have shown time and time again that they will do pretty much anything to protect their own. All it takes is one bad apple to ruin trust. Especially when they're cops. It isnt 100% of them but it is much more than most would care to admit (20-30% maybe more). Body cams like car cameras remove any reasonable doubt. If they're so perfect than they have nothing to hide, but clearly they do...