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| Members of the Ferguson Police department wear body cameras during a rally August 30, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.(AFP Photo / Aaron P. Bernstein |
Following
the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer,
which sparked three weeks of protests and violence, officers in Ferguson,
Missouri, are now wearing body cameras to film their work.
There
have been conflicting reports over exactly what transpired between Brown and
Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson on August 9, with some witnesses claiming
that the unarmed black teenager was attempting to surrender at the time of
being shot, while others say he was struggling with the officer in an apparent
attempt to seize Wilson’s revolver.
Experts
say police body cameras would help to provide an accurate account of
police-involved incidents, possibly resulting in fewer incidences of police
abusing their powers.
Body cameras are becoming
increasingly standard gear among US police forces, with about one in six
departments using the devices in some form, Scott Greenwood, an attorney at the
American Civil Liberties Union, was quoted by ABC News as saying.
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