Body Cameras

Video released Friday afternoon shows new angles of Daniel Turcios being tased and shot by Raleigh police after a car crash alongside Interstate 440 on January 11. Activists for police reform blame Raleigh police officers for escalating the situation, saying it could have been avoided.

Two witnesses say a man shot by an off-duty North Carolina sheriff's deputy jumped onto the hood of the deputy’s truck. Their statements are included in videos that the Fayetteville Police Department released on Friday, a day after obtaining a judge’s permission.

The Fayetteville Observer reports that Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons issued his ruling Thursday, two days after Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins filed the request.

Brown’s family and others are still waiting for key developments in the case — including the results of an ongoing FBI probe, a family lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in damages, and a media petition for the public release of body camera footage.

The News & Observer reports that the audit found the Durham Police Department has policies, training and equipment, but it couldn’t confirm that supervisors conduct random reviews to ensure compliance.

A wide-ranging criminal justice measure focused on weeding out problem law enforcement officers in North Carolina and giving mental health aid to others cleared a House committee on Wednesday.

Video documented the death of George Floyd a year ago this week, but it wasn’t from policy body cameras. In North Carolina, police body camera footage is often released before a decision is reached on whether to file charges. And sometimes it’s not.

A North Carolina prosecutor says he won’t release bodycam video in the fatal shooting of a Black man by sheriff’s deputies. Body camera video played on a projector by District Attorney Andrew Womble was broadcast by multiple news outlets, however.

The family of a Black man who was fatally shot in his car by sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina will only be shown a fraction of body camera footage that was taken.

Guest host Will Michaels returns from a reporting trip to Elizabeth City, NC where a community is contending with the recent police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. There is body camera footage of the incident, but who gets to see the tape and how much of it is made available is up to a controversial state law. | Support this show with a donation at wunc.org/give.