LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police body cameras have become a rallying cry following racially charged decisions by grand juries in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City.
But experts caution increased use of the devices may raise more questions. That's because often what is filmed may appear excessive to a person unfamiliar with police work, even though it may be legal.
Officers in one of every six departments around the country now patrol with cameras and President Barack Obama wants to equip another 50,000 with them around the country.
A camera captured a white New York police officer applying a chokehold that led to the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man. In Missouri, there was no camera when a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, a black man.
In both cases, grand juries declined to indict the officers.
