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In a first, LAPD voluntarily releases body camera video of suspect who died in custody

LOS ANGELES_Los Angeles police Wednesday released body camera video and other recordings related to the death of a suspected prowler who clashed with officers in South L.A. last month, marking the first time the department has released such materials under a new policy approved by the Police Commission earlier this year.

For years, the department kept such visual evidence hidden from the public, arguing in part that viewers would be exposed to an incomplete snapshot of an incident. But in March, the LAPD's civilian bosses voted 4-0 to reverse that policy and make videos related to "critical incidents," including those in which a person died as a result of

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