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Nobody is immune, and particularly younger folks tend to have these run-ins with police. >> is there a federal solution? >> well -- >> or part of a solution? theres no one solution. >> i think what weve seen come of this really is three things, retraining of police so theyre better able to handle these situations, body cameras which are not a panacea but are a positive and strong step, and 84% of americans support making sure that we have body cameras there, and then also changing the grand jury...

Tonight, new york city is launching a program. basically theyre testing this right now in about 27 or so officers. theyre testing body cameras. with the hope that the body cameras are going to completely change the game here in terms of finding out when something wrong happe happens. but is it a panacea? rene marsh is out front. >> reporter: this video captures a traffic stop turned foot chase. in florida, an officers body camera captures the moment he opens fire. [ gunshots ] former nfl player,...

Analyst. it is interesting this happened. because everybody said the cameras were a panacea. once you hatch video there is not going to be a question whom hit whom, how it went down. well you have of course video in the eric garner case. still you dont get an indictment. still there are questions. there is no panacea here. >> no there isnt. matter of fact. since the last time we talked abut this. i was thinking about the case where the cop smashed the window of the family that had been stopped. ...

This result. >> my thought process first, i havent been named to a panel yet. i hope or aspire to be on the panel. but the thing with body cameras, they are not a panacea. they are not going to solve the problems within law enforcement but they will bring accountability to police officers and also the residents engaging or interacting with the police officers. >> people in california say body cameras have been a success. complaints dropped 88% once cameras were put into use. and this was apparen...

Strange fruit. faith mentioned the body cams. that lets us know right today, this is a video, so that proves that body cams alone will not be a panacea. theres much more that needs to be done. and not only on fox news, when we look at tonight, so many people came out and demonstrated, even during the christmas tree lighting down stairs, the two competing events, people chanting whites, i saw, chanting black lives matter. i cant breathe standing up for eric garner. and of course, the mayors son i...

That lets us know right today, this is a video, so that proves that body cams alone will not be a panacea. theres much more that needs to be done. and not only on fox news, when we look at tonight, so many people came out and demonstrated, even during the christmas tree lighting down stairs, the two competing events, people chanting whites, i saw, chanting black lives matter. i cant breathe standing up for eric garner. and of course, the mayors son is an african-american. this can happen to any ...

Going forward. now, we recognize that cameras are not the be all, and we recognize that cameras are not the panacea. theyre just one part of a plan for progressive change in the city of new york as it relates to aggressive policing in the city of new york. im also calling upon the governor of the state of new york, governor cuomo, to appoint a special prosecutor in cases of egregious police misconduct. so there is an independent prosecutor. local prosecutors rely on the police department for the...

Maybe it would have changed the outcome. >> i want you to take a look at this video that was taken of this 12-year-old boy with a toy gun in cleveland. we had video of this little boy pointing this bb gun at by passers. a man in the gazebo thought it was real. when you look at this video, it doesnt talk too much about what the officers saw. the officer said it didnt look like a 12-year-old boy. it looked like a 24-year-old guy. from this angle it does. as you can see, the police officer is a lot...

So earlier before the decision was made, we stood with the mayor and the police commissioner to announce this pilate program or pilot of cameras going forward. we recognize that cameras are not the be all and we recognize cameras are not the panacea. theyre just one part of a plan for progressive change for the city of new york as it relates to aggressive policing in new york. and im calling on the governor of the state of new york, governor cuomo, to point a special prosecutor in the case of eg...

Were echoing words that eric garner said right before he was killed. a bunch of organizations are coming together. so, they do have demand. they want an end to broken windows policing. they want an end to the police department essentially policing itself. so, you know, as theyre trying to figure out what the next steps are, first its mobilizing the people and thats what theyre doing now. >> thank you so much for the update on that story. >> thanks for having me, ronan. we want you to weigh in ...