How Using Videos At Chauvin Trial And Others Impacts Criminal Justice
As the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd approaches, one thing is certain: the protests and court proceedings after his murder in Minneapolis might never have happened without a bystander's video. Videos of many incidents across this country, are transforming law enforcement — from police training to prosecutions. It's a change that's been three decades in the making.
The searing video of four LAPD police officers beating Rodney King, 30 years ago, shocked the nation. It precipated a trial and five days of riots after the officers were acquitted. In 2009, a plethora of videos documented by a transit cop in Oakland, Calif. Five years ago, Philando Castile's girlfriend livestreamed his death online after he was during a traffic stop.
