Some officers illegally switched off their cameras; others participated in the beating in full view of the cameras, fearing no consequences.
In South Carolina, the police murder of #WalterScott was captured on a bystander's phone camera. That footage made it clear that Scott's uniformed killers lied, prompting then-governor #NikkiHaley to sign a law giving the public access to bodycam footage.
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