Body cameras were supposed to hold police accountable – but getting footage is harder than you think
Body camera footage has been touted as a police accountability tool. But cases of Black people harmed by cops raises effectiveness questions.
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Body camera footage has been touted as a police accountability tool. But cases of Black people harmed by cops raises effectiveness questions.
When a Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy shot and wounded Jonnel Horn after the 33-year-old allegedly wielded a gun during a foot chase in Metairie early Friday morning, it marked the
New Orleans-area mother of teen shot and killed by JPSO deputies demands to see body camera footage
Calvin Cains III, 18, was killed by Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies on Tuesday in front of his mother, who says deputies didn't announce themselves or give him a chance to surrender.