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New Orleans’ French Quarter days after truck attack

Nation Jan 10

Police bodycam footage shows New Orleans attacker fired at police before they shot and killed him

By Jack Brook, Associated Press

Nation Dec 18

LAPD officer Stover demonstrates use of the body camera during a media event displaying the new body cameras to be used by...
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Why the promise of police body cameras is falling well short of expectations

The use of police body cameras has become much more widespread in recent years with the hope that they will curb police violence and improve accountability. But a new investigation by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine found it…

By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas

Nation Jul 04

Protest against the Akron police shooting death of Black man Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio
After police kill unarmed Black man Jayland Walker, Akron police release bodycam footage

Authorities say a Black man was unarmed when Akron police chased him on foot and killed him in a hail of gunfire, but officers believed he had shot at them earlier from a vehicle and feared he was preparing to…

By Associated Press

Nation May 06

Activists address the media calling for justice for those killed by police officers, outside the Minnesota State Capitol i...
Police detain mother of Daunte Wright after recording traffic stop

The mother of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a suburban Minneapolis police officer, says was injured while she was briefly detained by one of the same department's officers after she stopped to record an arrest of a person…

By Associated Press

Nation Jan 21

LAPD information technology bureau officer Jim Stover demonstrates the use of the body camera during a media event displaying the new body cameras to be used by the Los Angeles Police Department in Los Angeles, California August 31, 2015. REUTERS/Al Seib/Pool - GF10000188173
Columbus, Ohio to spend $4.5 million to improve police bodycams

Officials in Columbus, Ohio, say they plan to invest $4.5 million in body-worn cameras for police and require officers use the cameras correctly.

By Farnoush Amiri, Report for America

Apr 12

How Kamala Harris’ record on police body cameras fits into the 2020 debate on criminal justice

By Jenae Addison

The use of police body cameras in recent years is part of a broader debate over racial disparity in policing, an increasingly important issue for the Democratic Party’s progressive base and many non-white voters -- two blocs Kamala Harris and…

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Mar 13

AP analysis: Police routinely deny access to officer video footage

By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press

AP record requests for police video were met with a series of denials and failed to unearth video of a single incident that had not already been released publicly.

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Jun 05

Police respect whites more than blacks during traffic stops, language analysis finds

By Nsikan Akpan

By relying on computer analysis of body camera footage, a new study provides an impartial take on policing during traffic stops as well as an automated method for assessing the behavior of police officers based on the language they use.

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Sep 24

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How do police decide when to release video footage?

By PBS News Hour

In Charlotte, North Carolina, police announced Saturday they would release body cam and dash cam footage from the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. Dozens of U.S. cities have started equipping their police with body cameras, including Charlotte --…

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