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Police body cameras are a worthless piece of sh*t if the cops and the courts refuse to release the videos whenever the cops are accused of committing crimes.
Of course even the the cops and the courts did release the body camera videos the body cameras are still a worthless piece of sh*t because the police are not required to turn them on 24/7. Do you really think a racists white supremest cop is going to turn his body camera on before he beats the shit out of some Black guy??? We may hate crooked cops, but crooked cops are smart enough to keep their body cameras turned off when they commit crimes. Well, usually. Mesa Police Officer Philip "Mitch" Brailsford proves that some cops are dumber then nails.
Judge denies release of video of Mesa police officer shooting Daniel Shaver The Republic | azcentral.com 7:42 p.m. MST May 5, 2016 A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled against the release of police body-camera video of an unarmed man shot and killed by a Mesa police officer. Judge Sam Myers issued his decision Thursday in response to motions filed by attorneys for The Arizona Republic and several other media outlets and the widow of Daniel Shaver. The decision could be revisited after former Officer Philip "Mitch" Brailsford's preliminary hearing, now scheduled for May 16-17. In his ruling, Myers said he weighed the former policeman's right to a fair trial against the public's right to be able to monitor the performance of government officials and their employees. Myers also said that the case was in its early stages and, because Brailsford had been charged in a direct complaint by the county attorney, no evidence had been presented yet to the court. The court-sealed footage shows Shaver being shot by Brailsford as Shaver crawled toward police at a Mesa La Quinta Inn & Suites on Jan. 18. Brailsford, who has since been fired, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder. The Republic, 12 News, ABC 15, CBS 5, 3TV and the Associated Press filed an objection to the court blocking access to the body-camera video, stating that some of the footage was public record unless attorneys can prove an "overriding public interest in concealing the videos from the public." Myers rejected that argument. "Having weighed the various interests in this issue, the Court finds that the interests raised by the media have partially been addressed by the release of the police reports in this case. "Until such time as the Court makes findings at a preliminary hearing, the Court finds that the due process rights of the defendant warrant the entry of the protective order," he said. The judge also denied Laney Sweet's demand that prosecutors turn over video of her husband's death to her. More articles on the murder of Daniel Shaver by the Mesa Police
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