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NC bill demands family access to bodycam footage in 5 days
GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press
May 10, 2021
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Family members of a person killed by North Carolina law enforcement would be able to watch unedited officer body camera footage of what happened within about a week, according to a bill approved Monday by a state Senate committee.
The language, added to a broader criminal justice reform measure expected to clear the Senate later this week, responds to efforts by the family of Andrew Brown Jr. to view bodycam footage of the Black man s death in Elizabeth City.
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