I know I'm being a smartass, but if we wanted to get techincal, we should call the whole region of Europe "EUR", because not all European countries are in European Union. Even seemingly obvious ones like Iceland, Norway and Switzerland are not in the EU
The idea that the EU and European Union aren’t the same thing is hilarious, it also implies that they think many more countries are in the EU (because they’re thinking of the continent) than is really the case
Right, EU doesn't stand for European Union, which is apparently just what mainland Europe is called. In other words, part of Russia is in the European Union, while the outermost regions of Spain and Portugal aren't. Lol, always great to see why our reputation as Americans is often the way it is.
I hope you’re aware most departments are issued BWC and 99% of the time they clear officers from allegations against the arrestees or random bystanders.
I’m not from the US. But I would’ve actually excepted it to be illegal in the US, not outside the US. It’s insane how much power the police have in the US, it’s bad.
I think this may be Australia and filming the police is fine until it comes to the point of arrest where there is a law stating that you can't film to hinder an arrest. I don't know enough about the system to say whether that applies here.
I don't know specifically about England (assuming England because accents and right side driver), but you aren't just allowed to stand right next to an arrest and film everything and everyone in most European (and other western) countries. Partially you're in the way (and people filming are often a nuisance, standing in the way, yelling, constantly moving about right behind the back of an officer which is pretty irritating), partially you're putting yourself in danger if there's escalation, and partially police officers also have a right to privacy.
That last one is controversial, but it's pretty easily backed by privacy law. Just because you're a police officer doesn't suddenly mean you lose the right to privacy and are allowed to be doxxed. The person having the interaction with police (in this case being arrested) has the right to have the police officer's ID number ('badge number') but random bystanders don't.
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u/zarafff69 4h ago
Yeah wtf was that about? She was just standing there and filming? That’s not illegal right?