Witnesses say they watched in disbelief as cops killed a man, then planted a gun and drugs ‘within arms reach’ of his lifeless body.
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Hidden Camera Gets Justice, Cop Sentenced to Prison for Beating & Terrorizing Innocent People
A Hawaii cop was sent to prison after a surveillance video showed he’d lied about beating a suspect.
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LAPD deploys 7,000 officer bodycams to curb police abuses
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Progress. Now, they need to turn the cameras on – for every encounter.
LAPD’s long-awaited body cameras will hit the streets on Monday
Starting Monday, many Los Angeles police officers will hit the streets with new equipment: body cameras.
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Progress. Now I hope they turn them on.
If Only All Police Wore Body Cams? R.I.P. #DillonTaylor
By Xena
All this time that we’ve reported on law enforcement killing unarmed civilians, and there are times I feel overwhelmed because the cases, and knowledge of cases, come faster than I can keep up. Because of new situations almost weekly, if not daily, it’s also difficult to follow-up on cases previously reported.
There are times I feel hopeless because each time we think we have an answer to reduce or stop the number of police involved shootings of unarmed citizens, we find the end result is always up to a human being who listens to the story of the cop who fired the gun. The living have opportunity to say what they thought and felt. The dead do not.
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Graphic Body Cam Footage Shows Killer Cop as He Murders Innocent Unarmed #DillonTaylor
Body cam footage from the murder of Dillon Taylor was released in its entirety. It shows the disturbing moments before and after this innocent man was gunned down by police.
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Dillon Taylor looks like he could be my son.
Body Cam: Cop Assaults Woman for Not “Rolling Down Her Window All the Way”
“I need you to roll down the window for my safety!” May 14, 2014 A Police Officer’s Body Cam captured his severe over reaction on film. On September 4, 2013, University of Central Florida (UCF) college student Victoria King was pulled over by UCFPD Officer Timothy Isaacs for a minor traffic offense – a bad…
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Cop Resigns After Body Cam Shows Him Pepper-Spray & Taser a Man for Having a Medical Emergency
A Virginia cop has resigned after his body camera captured him assaulting a man during a medical emergency.
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Obama announces funding for 50,000 police body cameras
In an announcement today, the White House has pledged $263 million in new federal funding for police training and body cameras, set aside by executive order. The money includes $75 million allocated specifically for the purchase 50,000 cameras for law enforcement officers across the country.
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It’s about time. Now we need a law that the police must use the cameras, and a stiff penalty if they do not.