re: #133 iossarian

The body camera announcement just feels a bit wrong to me. It’s too much as if this was in the “queue”, and whatever lobbyist jumped on the opportunity to push it over the edge.

I’m also doubtful that it would have much impact on this kind of incident. We pretty much know what happened in Ferguson - I’m not sure how much extra a shaky body cam video would give you, once it had been through the right-wing noise machine treatment for two solid months.

There are various ways it might have helped. For example, just the audio might have been able to help make a case against Wilson, such as showing he was the one who began the altercation, whether Brown did indeed say something along the lines of “I give up,” and how many shots were actually fired.