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My first thought was they are trying to prevent a similar situation to Antonio Perkins in June:

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2016/06/17/man-shot-killed-whil...

Where he was live streaming to Facebook while being shot by police. If the police can prevent streams like these from being seen, it gives them a huge legal advantage. It means the public won't be able to see what happened and can't put political pressure on DAs to prosecute cops. It's much better for them if they can keep that footage internal to Facebook, the police force, and the DA if at all possible.

Very smart.




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