A few weeks ago i was walking my dog around 11pm, and a driver jokingly did a brake torque as we were crossing the street. He was maybe 3 feet away from us.
After yelling at each other, he threatened to kill me and my dog the next time he saw us. As I pulled my camera he peeled out and hurled a racial comment my way. Sadly, there was so much movement i couldnt get the plate, and i didnt get anything that happened before that on camera.
So I got a body cam to wear for all my walks. Unfortunately, this is not the only time people have been racist and threatened my life so I’m just tired of it and hoping it might encourage people to behave. Feels lame, but it does provide some comfort. Does anyone else do the same?
I can kind of understand, but I’m utterly disgusted of people who record public spaces like random streets. let us have some privacy!
at the same time it’s sad that this is needed
… You’re upset that someone is recording a public space. Public. You want privacy in public. Do you not see the disconnect?
no, I do not see what does not exist. people are not going to public spaces because they want to be recorded, but because you simply just can’t avoid going to public spaces when conducting daily life. you cannot just teleport to apersonal store, you need to get to a public shop through public streets.
when something is public it does not mean you can do anything there. you can’t harm or rob people either.
and don’t get me wrong. I don’t care that neighbors may see me going to the shop, because they don’t care to do that. even if they did, what could they do with that information.
but I do care when all my activities are recorded, be it a neighbors amazon doorbell or whatever else, because that very much changes these 2 points.
You’re expecting privacy in a public space?!
obviously, yes. see my other response
Like I said, it feels lame, but in all the incidences that I’ve been in (whether or not I’ve responded), no one in the community ever reprimands the other or even stays to confirm the circumstances to the cops. Their lack of action just serves as motivation for these guys to continue b/c no one will call them out for their behavior.
So there’s this, or something even more extreme, which I’m not ruling out at this point. I live in america after all.