What We’re FollowingJust In: Police in El Cajon, California, have released a bystander’s video of the fatal shooting of a man who pointed a vaping device at officers last week. Over in Louisiana, a court released body-camera footage of a car chase in which a 6-year-old boy was killed after two officers, unaware that the child was present, fired into the car at its unarmed driver. Both officers have been charged with second-degree murder. Prosecutors say the footage demonstrates the use of excessive force by police. But in many cases, writes Robinson Meyer, body cameras don’t provide the transparency and …read more
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