Citizen recordings of police interaction growing

Posted by | July 9, 2016 10:33 | Filed under: Top Stories

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More citizens are recording what happens when they interact with police.

As the nation debates law enforcement’s actions in these two high-profile shootings of black men, a growing number of groups are training citizens to record and monitor police encounters for potential excessive force. They offer classes on rights, tips on recording better footage and ideas on where to share on social media for maximum exposure

Fatal police interactions caught on video in St. Louis, Missouri; North Charleston, South Carolina; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Staten Island, New York, sparked similar angry reactions. In each case, a bystander or community advocate caught the encounter on video and posted it online before authorities had a chance to confiscate it.

“We have to depend on our cameras to keep us safe. We have to depend on our cameras to keep us out of jail,” said Dennis Flores, co-founder of El Grito de Sunset Park, an organization that keeps an eye on police in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park.

 

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10 responses to Citizen recordings of police interaction growing

  1. Suzanne McFly July 9th, 2016 at 16:55

    And think about how bad it has been before we had cameras, this isn’t new but we have a way to record it now.

  2. Tommie July 9th, 2016 at 17:48

    They need to since cops cameras seem to stop working at crucial times!

  3. damienkarlylan July 9th, 2016 at 18:33

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/357f219d025d9fe7fd3d3407aa20bae1f46de98669e96aa96e0263990e63875d.jpg 7854 th

  4. The Original Just Me July 10th, 2016 at 02:10

    It is called Open Government.

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