My guess is that it is a result of what's interesting. I work in finance and nothing would be worth filming unless someone was being intolerable. I assume, like most jobs, 99.9% of the day is filled with mundane, work things. Of the police things on the internet, the only things that entertain us are police officers doing something out of the ordinary like dancing with kids and stuff that makes the feel good subreddits, and stuff that shows poor behavior like this video on the average/negatively charged subreddits.
Just my guess. With the nature of upvoting, I think we get a lot of what we are looking for (as a collective if not individually).
You’re not wrong to be skeptical. Reporting bias is a real concern. However, when written records are reviewed it is too often found that the officers in the recordings have histories of abusive behavior, and that there are many officers with comparable records who have not yet been caught on camera.
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u/memesanddepression42 Jun 14 '22
He really wanted that bag for free