Police officer turns on body camera AFTER he shoots unarmed Black man

[True Dough]

Happened in Columbus, Ohio. Way to circumvent accountability AGAIN!

Link to tweet

A police officer who shot and killed a Black man holding a cellphone in Ohio's capital city early Tuesday did not activate his body camera beforehand, and dash cameras on the officers' cruiser were also not activated, city officials said. Because of an automatic "look back" feature on the body camera, the shooting was captured on video but without audio, according to Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther and the city's department of public safety.

As a result, there's no way to hear what the 47-year-old man or the officer said during the interaction, Ginther said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/columbus-ohio-police-shooting-black-man/

[Me.]

1. So He Has No Defense

Cannot prove he did it in self defense

[uponit7771]

3. Especially with BOTH cams not turned on ... no defense for that shit

[uponit7771]

2. "and dash cameras on the officers' cruiser were also not activated"

.... sometimes they do this shit on purpose

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. It's almost like body cams don't prevent cop violence.

[luvs2sing]

6. None taken.

I’ve lived here 43 years, and there is much to both like and dislike about it. And the balance seems to be shifting more toward dislike.

[Alliepoo]

7. Yep. What luvs2sing said.

[Mariana]

8. Cameras off while on duty should be a firing on the spot offense. nt.

[True Dough]

9. I think we can all get behind this

Not the police unions, of course. But fuck them.

[Midnight Writer]

10. How about "smart guns" that will not engage unless body cameras are on?

[Vivienne235729]

11. That sounds premeditated to me. Especially if his camera is always on for everything else