Body cameras are usuallt seen as a solution to the problem of police brutality. However, a new survey of 75 police departments across the United States, found that the policies governing them have failed to foster transparency, protect privacy, or defend civil rights. A yearly report released by Upturn and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, found numerous key weaknesses this week in body cam policies across the country. 51 percent of the surveyed police departments made no changes to their body cam policies since last year. Wochit
TROY — An Alabama prosecutor says police body cameras recorded the arrest of a teenager whose family says he was severely beaten by officers.
District Attorney Tom Anderson did not tell The Troy Messenger what the video and audio shows. He is waiting for the State Bureau of Investigation to finish its probe before commenting further.
The mother of 17-year-old Ulysses Wilkerson, who is black, posted an image of her son's swollen face on Facebook . The family says Wilkerson was startled by police in Troy on Dec. 23 and ran from officers who caught up with him and beat him while he was handcuffed.
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Police Chief Randall Barr has said the teen struggled with officers and reached toward his waistband as if he was trying to grab a weapon.