“Body cameras would have been extremely useful in the Ferguson case and can be very, very good at catching police brutality and at the same time catching false accusations of police brutality,”
How a Bystander’s Video of the Deadly South Carolina Police Shooting Reignited Debate Over Body Cameras
By Heritage Foundation Josh Siegel——Bio and Archives--April 9, 2015
The stark visual of watching a white policeman fire eight shots at the back of a fleeing black man in North Charleston, S.C. this weekend would not have been known to America if not for a bystander capturing the scene on video.
Those precise details as shown in the video allowed the state to charge the officer, Michael T. Slager, 33, with the murder of Walter L. Scott, 50, and reignited a national discussion on police reform.
More specifically, in interviews with The Daily Signal, local officials say they hope the incident will rally efforts to pass legislation that requires South Carolina police officers to wear body cameras.
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