Who Should Have Control of Police Footage?
In the recent police shooting death of teenager in Chicago, a court ordered the public release of the dashboard camera video. But why are police in control of this type of footage?
Sarah Lustbader, staff attorney at the Bronx Defenders, a public defender office, discusses the circumstances surrounding a court order for the release of the Chicago Police Department video footage of the death of Laquan McDonald, and makes the case for why a neutral third party should step in.
My piece on why police are the last people who should own bodycam footage: https://t.co/AxKhEHEinI
— Sarah Lustbader (@SarahLustbader) December 3, 2015
@BrianLehrer Third party manages may not be better protectors of #bigdata #privacy or #security than law enforcement
— knowlengr (@knowlengr) December 4, 2015
@BrianLehrer I propose integrating police cameras with something like a fitbit. Heart rate goes up, and camera goes on automatically.
— Wesley Marcarelli (@WesMarcarelli) December 4, 2015
