They are images that shocked America and were shared around the world – disturbing cell phone videos taken by bystanders of police shooting black men in America. They became political fodder for an ugly presidential campaign.
To capture what is really going on during these confrontations, police-worn body cameras are increasingly seen as the answer: a way to curb the killings – and police the police.
But can the police-worn body cameras also distort the picture? Do they sometime give us an incomplete version of what really happened?
Mark Kelley investigates what happens when police are “caught on camera”.
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