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Body Language and Behavior Analysis No. 4769: Man gets shot by LAPD officer for asking his name and badge number.
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geteilt von: https://lemmy.world/post/31283892
1 of 23/ Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence Thread from From Dr. Jack Brown on Bluesky. Link to full thread below.
https://bsky.app/profile/drjackbrown.bsky.social/post/3lrhctijs3k2f
Not sure if appropriate community. First time ever trying to submit anything to Lemmy. Still think this is important for everyone to read.
I can't help but feel that sane countries have an officer's badge number visible at all times and that it's a fireable offence to hide it in any way.
This isn't something that someone should have to ask for, because there's always a chance the officer might not comply. The officers you most need to get a badge number for are the ones who are going to try to hide it.
I can understand in 2025 that telling someone your name is dangerous. That's as true for cops as it would be for a barista, a bouncer or a librarian. People are psychos and doxxing is too easy. But, there's no reason that the public shouldn't know a permanent ID for a cop that could be used in lawsuits or criminal proceedings.
We used to have it. But once more people started asking, recording, and informing, the pigs started hiding them.
A librarian or a barista is not entrusted with or granted the same authority as a police officer. They should be held to different standards of accountability.