reported that they see, you know, a decrease in violence involving police in many situations. i, you know, this could work both ways, though because the individuals on camera as well, and i think that once these things are really out there and deployed on a larger basis, i think it will be a backlash from the people right now who are asking for them, wait a minute, you re violating my privacy. people are going to see that police run into individuals that behave so badly that in many cases people aren t going to like what they see. but there are dash cameras, there are dash cameras. that s exactly right and the dash cameras have showed several instances of officers being gunned down the second they step out of their squad car when they make a traffic stop or a passenger or driver simultaneously jumping out and opening fire and you re right. the dash cams have shown some terrible things that people have done and the body cams will even show worse. ultimately, casey, it s up to
is almost two blocks away in this park. what happens at that traffic stop that causes scott to get out of his car and take off running. do they fight at the car? is there an attempt to arrest him on the spot? at what point that happens, we should see from the dash cam when this routine traffic stop goes bad. you like the fact that there are these dash cameras on these vehicles. i assume you want all police vehicles to have dash cameras. what about body cameras in is that a good idea for all police officers not only where you are in georgia but all over the country to have body cameras? i think it s it certainly is one of the primary rek recommendations that came out of the 21st century task force report in understanding importance of body cameras. they re not the end all to be all, what they do help us understand it gives us pieces of a puzzle that may have been missing. so it either supports or negates
we re seeing the dash-cam video, even if we do not actually see the shooting. what s your reaction? back then with the rodney king beating, we bulky video recorders. if it had not been up for that person in that room videotaping that beating the only thing this country would have is the 30 officers testament against one african-american and we know how that would have played out. now here we are, years later by virtue of modern-day technology we have gone to the dash cameras now literally, and the body cameras have come in play. last year at the general assembly in the house, i introduced two bills. it was house bill number 30-57,
rock make it to earth. they entered the snow and caused little snow tubes. and the picture fz ths of them fascinating. eight months after the blast, divers recover a large rock from a lake about 60 miles outside the city. it s believed to be a chunk of the meteor and weighs more than 1,200 pounds. a meteor collision with the atmosphere of this magnitude happens once in a lifetime. all the more remarkable that this one is caught on so many cameras. the fact that there were so many videos taken of this rock as it entered and people were, for other reasons, had all these dash cams in russia. who knew? the dash cam phenomenon really rose in the late 90s when people were sick of being extorted by the police when they got stopped or there were lots of scams to kind of fake accidents to get the insurance. the dash cameras on this day didn t help to solve crime but
i work with eric holder on these very same issues going back to the clinton administration. so it s been with us a very long time. last point i ll make is, even our founding member, 100 years ago said the major challenge of the african-american community is crime and violence. until we have that coordination with law enforcement, we will not be able to solve it. do you want all police officers around the united states to wear body cameras? among other things. body cameras are a good start. but they have to use pistol cameras, dash cameras are crucially important and even nonlethal tools like tasers. they re made with a video camera and we want those engaged, too. in this particular case in staten island, there was videotape of the entire incident, seven minutes or so and the members of the grand jury saw that videotape, 23 members of the grand jury, 14 whites, nine nonwhites, and they said, no indictment. that speaks to the issue of