Essay On Police Should Wear Body Cameras

Secondly, police should wear body worn cameras because it provides visual evidence in court. Richard E. Smith, Wakefield police chief strongly asserts that, “Testimony can recreate but cannot visualize the actual event, prosecutorial position, evidence can be restored from the cameras” (Buote 2015). This Richard E, Smith is trying to say that if all police had cameras on them, if a crime that goes to court has the recording as evidence it can ultimately change the verdict. One thousand police killings per year averagely takes place and a quarter of them are white officers killing African Americans. If all police had to wear body cameras it can show how things really took place at the time of the event whether it be criminal related or not. While in court, people are sworn
Some witnesses say Brown was aggressive at first and tried to get a reach of police officer Darren Wilson’s gun while others claim that Wilson started the argument. At the end of it all, 19 year old Michael Brown was shot by Wilson and later died. At court, Wilson did not receive any charges against him which made the public outraged. There were protests for weeks after the court's decision (The Associated Press 2014). If Wilson was wearing a body camera, the outcome of no charges could’ve been different. The jury was able to make their verdict based off of Wilson’s claim and witnesses, yet, did they really receive all the evidence and if they did was it all the truth? This case was so popular throughout America that even President Obama got involved. Knowing all the aftermaths that took place, Obama believes that with the body cameras installed can rehabilitate the trust between young people and the police. This case is the one of many that truly needed the cameras in order for the fair justice that needed to be served. So many cases in America receive little to no evidence so how will the jury be able to fully make the best