Well, not videotape, but video images conjoined with too many "testi-lying" reports from cops run the risk of profoundly changing the opinions of the general public about cops.
When Cops Cry Wolf
I call it “testi-lying.” It has been a regular practice in police forces across the United States, at least since I served on the NYPD: official testimony that is made part of a police after-action report but is a pure lie, an invention. In the old days police would carry a “drop gun” or a “drop knife”—an inexpensive…