This is what some of us feared with the push for police bodycams, that they will eventually use the evidence only when it suits the police, but not anyone else, which could generally be even <i>worse</i> than not having the video at all. The footage should be required to be uploaded to a federal agency&#x27;s cloud every 24h.<p>And now some states are even giving the police permission to do that:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wthr.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;31063724&#x2F;bill-allowing-police-to-withhold-body-camera-video-passes-indiana-house" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wthr.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;31063724&#x2F;bill-allowing-police-to-w...</a><p>This is why Larry Lessig has been so right about the need to <i>fix democracy first</i>. As long as that isn&#x27;t fixed first, the corrupt systems will always infect even the best ideas and policies that manage to pass at the federal or state level. You need proper democracy so people can easily throw out leaders who side with those with power and protect them.