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Video as an important law enforcement tool. the squads have dashboard cameras. bystanders have camcorders. and that video catches criminals in the act, helps prove cases in court. and then, sometimes is used as training video to prepare cops for the dangerous situations they'll face every day. the cameras can also catch cops behaving badly. police officers are expected to uphold the law. so, these images can be especially shocking. >> how old are you? >> in baltimore, maryland, a 14-year-old is skateboarding illegally and is confronted by a cop who doesn't like the boy's attitude. >> i'm not y...

Cameras. bystanders have camcorders. and that video catches criminals in the act, helps prove cases in court. and then, sometimes is used as training video to help prepare cops for the dangerous situations they'll face every day. the cameras also can catch cops behaving badly. police officers are expected to uphold the law. so, these images can be especially shocking. >> how old are you? >> in baltimore, maryland, a 14-year-old is skateboarding illegally and is confronted by a cop who doesn't like the boy's attitude. >> i'm not your father. you give that attitude to your father. you give it to...

Welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. police have come to rely on video as an important law enforcement tool. the squads have dashboard cameras. bystanders have camcorders. and that video catches criminals in the act, helps prove cases in court. and then, sometimes is used as training video to help prepare cops for the dangerous situations they'll face every day. the cameras can also catch cops behaving badly. police officers are expected to uphold the law. so, these images can be especially shocking. >> how old are you? >> in baltimore, maryland, a 14-year-old is skateboard...

Dude. >> give me that skateboard. >> the officer puts eric in a headlock and wrestles him to the ground. >> sit down! >> dude! >> sit down! i'm not a dude! >> he takes the skateboard. but then eric drops the dreaded "d" word one more time. >> i didn't do anything, dude. >> the officer turns around. >> don't call me dude. >> this time he gives the boy a lecture. >> first of all, you disrespected me, this badge, and my department. do you understand me? when i'm talking to you, you shut your mouth and you listen. >> and a vocabulary lesson. >> stop calling me dude! a dude is somebody who works on...

14-year-old, but he failed to document encounter. so one more time for old time's sake. let's queue up the sounds bites. play it. >> first of all, you better learn how to speak. i'm not man, i'm not dude. i am officer rivieri. >> reporter: you will recall that video did not surface on youtube until several months after the incidents. when the mother went to sue she missed the filing deadline. rivieri was u was suspended, reassigned. their recommendation was six days off. the commissioner did not take that recommendation and decided that officer rivieri should be fired. he was, and the judge sa...