Why did Sacramento officers who shot Stephon Clark mute their bodycams?
Why did Sacramento officers who shot Stephon Clark mute their bodycams?
By Jon Schuppe -- NBC News
Police officials in Sacramento, California, boast about their use of body cameras, and the quick release of the footage they capture, as centerpieces of a larger effort to improve the public's trust.
But the fatal shooting by police officers last week of an unarmed black man, Stephon Clark, has exposed a potential flaw in that effort and opened up a new front in the national debate over body cameras: officers' ability to turn off the microphone on the device.
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By Jon Schuppe -- NBC News
Police officials in Sacramento, California, boast about their use of body cameras, and the quick release of the footage they capture, as centerpieces of a larger effort to improve the public's trust.
But the fatal shooting by police officers last week of an unarmed black man, Stephon Clark, has exposed a potential flaw in that effort and opened up a new front in the national debate over body cameras: officers' ability to turn off the microphone on the device.
READ MORE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/why-did-...
Why did the police mute their bodycams?
Do you think that the police knew what they was doing, in this case?