About 12 years ago, I started my own local newsblog to cover local government - city council, school board, county commission, trials, etc. Since that time, the cameras in public buildings have proliferated like mushrooms. Court houses, city halls, etc.
I thought to myself, instead of THEM watching US, it should be the other way ‘round. After all, WE pay them. They’re our employees. We need cameras in the mayor’s office, school classrooms, courtrooms to make sure they’re doing their job.
I also thought once the public began filming government, they wouldn’t like it one damn bit. The auditing movement has made that point in spades. I watch them all the time.
Very interesting.
Yep, I recall the rebuke for body cams (Unions) on cops at first………they changed their tune when Dash Cams saved a few cop butts a bunch of times.