“He protects the public” | How police body cameras continue to change law enforcement in the US

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee. “More than a decade ago, law enforcement agencies across the US began using body cameras to record officers answering calls. Recently, the public got to see footage from some of the body cameras following the police fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.

The former FBI agent and federal prosecutor said the cameras helped increase the accountability of law enforcement.

“Transparency is a top priority for agencies and is a tool used in this regard,” said M. Quentin Williams. “Often we see officers say something happened and someone else says the exact opposite, and nine times out of ten the footage confirms the officer.”

They will also make sure that the truth is revealed if what the officer reports does not match what the camera is recording. He also said he would review footage of Nichols being fatally beaten by the police and take into account some issues when analyzing the footage.

“Why did they stop him, and once they stopped him, how was he treated from then on? I am very interested to see how, out of the five officers, they reacted to the alleged actions. to talk them out of doing this to Mr. Nichols? he said.

A lawyer in Knoxville said that after viewing the footage, he was not surprised that all five police officers were charged with second-degree murder.

“He protects the public, and justice lies in finding the truth,” said T. Scott Jones. “That’s why we have a justice system. We really tried to gather all the facts and the video certainly gives a lot of facts that we didn’t have before.”