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McMillan, set the standard for police use of force, said Peterson, who was part of a team performing the first evaluation of a corrections body-camera program at a jail in Loudoun County, Virginia ...
The use of body cameras exploded after a series of high-profile police killings in the early 2010s — most notably the 2014 fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
The theory of using body cameras is that police officers will be less likely to commit misconduct if they understand that their actions are being recorded. [148] The United States Department of Justice under Obama's administration supplied $20 million for body cameras to be implemented in police departments. [149]
The office of New York’s attorney general released body camera footage Friday showing the fatal beating of a state prisoner this month by correctional officers who punched and kicked him ...
Both officers had their body cameras switched off. [30] Minneapolis introduced police body cameras in 2016, but their activation was not mandatory in all situations. [31] No audio or video recordings captured the killing, [23] although a 16-year-old bicyclist took cell-phone video of the scene after the shooting. [32]
In fact, Clary's body camera recorded 30 minutes of footage of the arrest. [6] According to state police documents, during the arrest, Clary "immediately" switched off his body camera when another trooper indicated that it was recording. [6] Clary also falsely told investigators that Greene had been "still resisting, even though he was handcuffed.
Sheriff’s offices often trail municipal police departments in integrating body cameras, especially in large urban areas. Raleigh police started using them in 2018 , Cary in 2019 and Apex in 2020 .
Separately, in New York City, a car plowed through a crowd of protesters in Times Square who were also demonstrating against police brutality. [ 22 ] On September 4, 2020, protests began peacefully but ended with authorities dispersing crowds with tear gas and pepper balls following incidents of vandalism and violence, according to officials.