police body camera footage
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Former California Police Officer Charged With Filing a False Report After Arrest of Black Man Accused of Smoking in Public
A former San Diego County police officer is finding out the hard way that—especially considering the national spotlight on systemic racism in policing in America—he can’t just go around handling Black people any kind of way and then lie about what went down in his report. Not only was the officer fired for manhandling a…
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Investigators Say Jonathan Price Tried to Shake the Hand of the Cop Who Shot Him. That Cop Has Now Hired Amber Guyger’s Attorney
Police body camera footage revealed new details about what happened between 31-year-old Jonathan Price and Wolfe City, Texas, Police Officer Shaun Lucas in the moments before Price was fatally shot. According to an affidavit from the Texas Rangers who are investigating the shooting, Price attempted to shake Lucas’ hand at the start of their confrontation.…
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New York Attorney General Changes Body Camera Policy Following Daniel Prude's Death
The New York attorney general has made a significant change to the state’s body camera policy in the wake of how Daniel Prude’s death was handled. NBC News reports that state Attorney General Letitia James announced on Sunday that local law enforcement agencies will no longer determine when body camera footage is released in cases…
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No Surprise Here: Police Regularly Deny Access to Officer Video Footage
When 22-year-old Stephon Clark was shot and killed by two police officers in the backyard of his grandparents’ house in March 2018, the Sacramento Police Department released officer body camera footage as well as footage captured by a Sacramento sheriff’s helicopter within days of the shooting. The city has its own transparency policy that requires…
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Bodycams Don’t Mean Shit
After the death of Michael Brown and the subsequent uprising in Ferguson, Mo., police departments across the country underwent massive campaigns to integrate bodycam technology into their cache of crime-fighting equipment. Or maybe it was after Freddie Gray died in Baltimore. Perhaps it was after Walter Scott was gunned down in North Charleston, S.C. Or…
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City of Topeka, Kan., Trying to Bar Black Man’s Parents From Seeing Video of Fatal Shooting, Lawyers Say
The city of Topeka, Kan., is accused of trying to stop the parents of a black man who was fatally shot by police from looking at bodycam footage, family lawyers said Monday. The city’s excuse? State law permits only his four children, whose ages range from 3 to 13, to see it, the city argued,…
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Calif. Bill Seeks to Make Releasing Bodycam Footage Mandatory in Police Shootings
A California lawmaker has proposed a bill that would create greater transparency by requiring law enforcement agencies to release body camera video and recordings of police shootings and other significant incidents, something that has been at the center of a long-standing national debate. The proposal, introduced by Democratic Assemblyman Phil Ting, would establish a statewide…