Ohio Will Make You Pay For Police Body Cam Footage!

You might shelve some money for body camera footage in Ohio. 

Why should transgender Americans and victims of state violence pay their taxes?

With Ohio's minimum wage going up, the Republicans in state government want to offset the working class by making the public pay. Our taxes provide services to lawmakers, public officials and public utilities.

Gov. Mike DeWine signed off two controversial laws before the end of 2024. 

One of them included a bathroom law which prohibits transgender Americans from using restrooms and locker rooms that aren't assigned to their birth gender. It was an aim to keep transgender women out of women's restroom. 

It is not enforceable unless some Ohioan decides to snitch on someone in the restroom. It also bans transgender Ohians from playing sports not assigned to their gender.

A definite hit on freedom of expression and freedom to enjoy entertainment.

The next law is in regards to protecting corrupt police officers, embrace police unions and run on the ridiculous "tough on crime" narrative.

DeWine signed a new measure into law earlier this week that permits police departments to charge the public to release camera footage from its officers — including dash, body or surveillance video.

“No law enforcement agency should ever have to choose between diverting resources for officers on the street to move them to administrative tasks like lengthy video redaction reviews for which agencies receive no compensation — and this is especially so for when the requestor of the video is a private company seeking to make money off of these videos,” DeWine said in a statement shared with The Hill.

“The language in House Bill 315 is a workable compromise to balance the modern realities of preparing these public records and the cost it takes to prepare them,” he added.

The Republican governor compared the new legislation to the payments associated with duplicating public records while highlighting that the fee is not mandatory but up to the discretion of the agency.

Governments will be allowed to charge as much as $75 an hour or a maximum total of $750 per request according to reports from local outlet News5 in Cleveland.

“If the language in House Bill 315 related to public records turns out to have unforeseen consequences, I will work with the General Assembly to amend the language to address such legitimate concerns,” DeWine said.

Two Cincinnati area lawmakers, State reps. Bill Seitz and Thomas Hall promoted this. 

They allowed their Republican allies, ALEC and AIPAC insert that shit.

So here's how this work, it will likely be in federal court. You cannot shakedown the public for the freedom of information. Police officers are public officials. 

Our taxes pay for those damn body cams and dash cameras. We cannot be shielded from knowing what happened to our loved ones killed while in police custody. It is in the public's interest to know what is one a police body cam. 

It is a damn shame that Ohio is losing population. Cause in 2030, North Carolina will surpass Ohio in population and we will fall to being the 8th largest state. Ohio is expected to lose another U.S. House seat.