The Michael Brown shooting shows why police should have to wear cameras - Vox

The Michael Brown shooting shows why police should have to wear cameras - Vox: "If police officers were required to wear body cameras, questions about their conduct — like the ones that have arisen in the wake of  the Michael Brown shooting — could be avoided.

The devices are small cameras that can be attached to a police officer's uniform or sunglasses or worn as a headset. Such a camera could have fully captured the entire confrontation between Brown, an 18-year-old black man who was unarmed at the time of the shooting, and Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson.

But without the cameras, the public is left with conflicting accounts from police and eyewitnesses about what, exactly, happened. Police insist Brown physically assaulted Wilson and tried to grab the officer's gun prior to the shooting, while eyewitnesses say Brown didn't assault the cop and was actually trying to surrender before he was shot and killed."

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