Cameras are ubiquitous and the pictures and videos taken by them are playing an ever-increasing part in our lives.
I recently heard a legal analyst refer to videos as the new DNA of criminal prosecutions.
Call me “old fashioned”, but I am not one who immediately thinks of taking out my cell phone and taking pictures, let alone a video. (Flo and I recently saw Patti Smith in an informal and small setting and Patti asked people in the audience to put down their cell phones and stop taking videos. She noted that a professional livestream was being made for posterity. I like Patti Smith.)
Would you take a video of a policeman chasing someone in the park? If the answer is "No", the question of “Why?” follows. Technical ineptitude is one thing; not caring or not getting involved is another.
My brother-in-law reminded me of the last Seinfeld episode in which they were arrested for failing to intervene as they witnessed a mugging. Perhaps today it would have been for not taken a video?
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