The Influence Of Body Cameras

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“The big push for body cameras has been driven in part by the sense that citizens have their phones and can record, and it was only part of the whole story.” This quote makes sense of it all. In today’s day and age bystander’s first reaction to a dispute between a civilian and a cop is to take out their phones and video tape, however, they do not do so until a fist is being thrown or blood is being shed. “It was only part of the whole story.” YES in fact that’s all it is. There is always more to the story. For example, what suspicion did the cop have to approach the suspect, or was the excessive force necessary because the suspect was the catalyst? I do encourage body cameras, nonetheless there’s not to say that incidents like these won’t happen