Judge Says NYPD Illegally Withheld Footage in Police Shootings
23 November 2021
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23 November 2021
A New York state judge ruled last week that the New York City Police Department illegally withheld body-worn footage in two police shootings, including the killing of Kawaski Trawick. The judge said at an October hearing in the case that the NYPD had been operating in “bad faith.” Body-worn cameras have been widely adopted by police departments over the past decade and can provide crucial evidence in misconduct cases. But like many police departments, the NYPD maintains full control over the footage, deciding what gets released and when. As ProPublica has detailed, the NYPD has often used that discretion to ...
Judge Says NYPD Illegally Withheld Footage in Police Shootings
A New York state judge said the NYPD was operating in “bad faith” when it denied requests to release body-worn camera footage from the killing of Kawaski Trawick.
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