Reposted by @grsmith1.bsky.social
The police should not be allowed to release edited versions of bodycam footage.
All of it, or none of it.
Here, the NYPD cut out the part where the officers *started the fight*.
This sort of selective editing is what any political institution—which the police inarguably are—would do.
thecity.nyc
New Videos Contradict NYPD Account of Lead-Up to Times Square Attack on Cops
Police said Yohenry Brito was disobeying a lawful order to disperse when an officer tried to arrest him, triggering a melee with nearly a dozen men. But footage released today shows he was walking awa...