Until they turn them off, or they “accidentally” get damaged or quit working for some unexplained mysterious reason just at a crucial moment.[O]fficers in Ferguson, Missouri, are now wearing body cameras to film their work.
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Experts say police body cameras would help to provide an accurate account of police-involved incidents, possibly resulting in fewer incidences of police abusing their powers.
RT
Well, at least the shooting of an unarmed teenager 35’ away in the street was good for somebody's business.Meanwhile, Digital Ally, which produces tiny cameras that fasten to the shirt of police officers and relay images back to a centralized location, reported last week a 387 percent surge in its stock price since the slaying of Michael Brown on August 9.
Public Advocate Letitia James has endorsed video cameras for New York police officers following the death of Eric Garner as police attempted to arrest him for selling black-market cigarettes. A cell phone video captured the tragic incident, which showed one police officer applying an illegal [ed: and, as it turned out in this case, deadly] chokehold on Garner.
The pilot program would cost $5 million and equip 15 percent of the city’s police officers with the devices.
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