San Francisco, Justice Department Invest in Police Body Cameras

The high-profile police-involved deaths of Freddie Gray and other African-American men have highlighted what some view as a need for greater police accountability. Body cameras have been offered as one way to provide such accountability and improve transparency. But body cameras raise a host of logistical and ethical questions. We’ll look into the debate over body cameras in the wake of announcements by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee that the city will invest $6.6 million on body cameras and the Justice Department’s pledge of $20 million.

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