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?
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.