Indianapolis chief: No bodycam video of 2 police shootings

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis’ police chief said Thursday that none of the officers involved in the fatal police shootings of two men killed hours apart in separate incidents were equipped with body cameras.

Events surrounding the first shooting were livestreamed on Facebook, leading to protests Wednesday and Thursday.

Chief Randal Taylor of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department also said there was no dash camera video of either the Wednesday evening shooting or one hours later early Thursday.

Taylor promised during a news conference that the department would conduct thorough, transparent investigations into both shootings, as well as a Wednesday traffic crash in which an Indianapolis police officer struck and killed a pregnant woman who was walking on an expressway ramp. He acknowledged that the “tragic” incidents had shaken the public’s trust.



In this Wednesday, May 6, 2020 photo, community members protest in Indianapolis, hours after a man was killed during an Indianapolis police involved shooting which was apparently captured in part on Facebook Live video. (Stevi Kersh/The Indianapolis Star via AP)


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[abqtommy]

1. snark on: It saddens me that police departments can't purchase and deploy more reliable

equipment...snark off

[Stuart G]

4. Within the last couple of years, the Chicago Police Department had shootings where there were

body cameras. The body cameras were important in convicting the police officers who shot people. It isn't a question of if departments can purchase, it is a question if the departments wants to purchase body cameras.....

Warning.....this is an actual body cam video of a shooting..(combination dashcam and wearing on body)...WARNING: NOT EASY TO WATCH...but available to see on the internet.. I found this at link below, but I do not know if this video convicted or supported an officer who shoots.. I also do not know how serious the shooting was.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/playlist/chicago-police-shooting-dashcam-video/

[abqtommy]

8. Thanks, but I can't watch these types of videos. It's all I can stand to hear/read about them...

[Stuart G]

9. I couldn't watch the entire video either.. Some of them are just plain awful. I read the stories,

and then I move on. There was a video on DU a year or so ago, where you see the cop shooting someone, and the video was captured by a passer by. It is so clear and precise that the guy was running away & the cop deliberately shot him. The cop clearly took aim at the runner and got him.
Awful. I am sure someone can find that, but I don't want to see it again.

[abqtommy]

11. Well, not all videos are worth watching just like not all books are worth reading. Gotta take

care of our delicate selves...

[sfstaxprep]

5. They Have The BEST Cars And The Best WEAPONS

They can't afford bodycams too.

[Stuart G]

10. Most police forces have them, but Indianapolis didn't want them.

..go to goggle and search for ...police camera shootings.

[Evolve Dammit]

2. We are still fighting the civil rights movement. Again. Will we need to re-do the Civil War too?

[Mr.Bill]

3. No need for another Civil War.

The Confederate states are welcome to leave anytime they wish as far as I'm concerned.

[marble falls]

6. Cameras on full time on the job. No ands, ifs or buts. Camera's protect cops, too.

[Stuart G]

7. Yes, Cameras protect cops too, and provide the truth for all to see. And the truth is absolutely

necessary in all such cases...Just goggle ...cameras of police shootings...

You will find a whole lot of videos of police shootings. The Indianapolis Police Chief should be fired for his stupidity and incompetence. It is no mistake that there were no cameras, if most other police forces have them.

[captain jack]

12. FTP! Film The Police. Evidently they only selectively film themselves. So lets help them out!