Key among them: In many departments, including in Minneapolis, body cameras must be manually turned on, which means they rely on officers to activate them. Even though the Minneapolis body cameras have to be turned on, there is a failsafe for when officers only start filming after something takes place. One day before the letter from Harteau and Hodges declaring that body cameras were coming to Minneapolis last year, Axon announced that it had sold more than 600 Axon Body 2 cameras to the city’s police department. More fatal shootings by police have been captured on video recently, including both bystander video and footage captured by officers’ body cameras. This video shows excerpts from Tensing's body camera, as well as body cameras of two other officers at the scene of the shooting.

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2017 11:18 UTC