Body cameras, eyewitness videos playing a more important role when investigating encounters with police
Video sources like security cameras and cell phone video are playing a larger part in maintaining transparency in law enforcement investigations.
Author: Kiya Edwards
Updated: 7:58 AM CDT May 24, 2021
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, it still makes a sound. And when someone is around to record it, the sound has power to reach the world.
At least, that's what happened last year as a teenager on the scene of George Floyd's murder recorded cell phone video that would go viral, leading to the release of video from other sources including surveillance cameras and police body cameras. The various footage played a key role in the trial and subsequent conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin this year.