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Body-cam footage from police isn t public record in NC. But what about other states? Bailey Aldridge and Simone Jasper, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Apr. 30 Hours after an officer shot and killed 16-year-old Ma Khia Bryant on April 20 in Ohio, police released on-the-scene video from the officer s body-worn camera.
The Columbus Police Department was able to share the footage quickly because of a 2019 Ohio law that made such videos public record.
But a far different story has unfolded in North Carolina, where 42-year-old Andrew Brown Jr. was shot and killed by sheriff s deputies on April 21.
Under a 2016 law passed by the N.C. General Assembly, footage from cameras worn by law enforcement officers is not considered public record in the state. Police and sheriff s departments do not have the authority to release footage on their own.
Policy Limits How Police Share Body Camera Footage in NC
Under a 2016 law passed by the N.C. General Assembly, footage from cameras worn by law enforcement officers is not considered public record in the state. Critics of this law have set out to change it.
April 30, 2021 •
Shutterstock/Kristi Blokhin (TNS) Hours after an officer shot and killed 16-year-old Ma Khia Bryant on April 20 in Ohio, police released on-the-scene video from the officer s body-worn camera.
The Columbus Police Department was able to share the footage quickly because of a 2019 Ohio law that made such videos public record.
But a far different story has unfolded in North Carolina, where 42-year-old Andrew Brown Jr. was shot and killed by sheriff s deputies on April 21.