TOW #25
In the past
few months police brutality conflicts have hit an all time high. The backlash
for shootings and other beatings has been excessively intense. But what stance
does the famous source of The Onion take on things? The article The Pros and Cons
of Body Cameras For Police does it exactly what it says, weighs the pros and
cons of body cameras on police men. The use of humor and sarcasm are the main
ways the author gets across their purpose. The humor aspect takes some of the
intensity out of this heavily debated subject. For example, one of the listed
pros is “more things to watch.” This seems so obvious that it becomes humorous.
Another example is a con, which is “Distracting to officers who must now shift
focus to cinematography and miss en scene.” These help get across the fact that
the article is not being serious and the person they are trying to make seem
wrote this is not educated. Another example is under cons, “Police brutality
might lose its mystique.” Showing there is no real harm in seeing everything.
The other device the author uses is sarcasm. Almost every bullet point is
sarcastic. For example listed under cons is “Is still only going to be the
irrefutable video evidence’s word against the police officer’s”. This is the
author mainly saying that these cameras are not necessary because there is
already irrefutable video evidence but people trust the police officers over
the video evidence. These two strategies make for a hilarious take on police
brutality that I surprisingly enjoyed reading.
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