ACLU fights U.S. funding for Los Angeles police body cameras

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A civil rights group asked the U.S. government on Thursday to deny Los Angeles police the funding they sought for body cameras for patrol officers, objecting to a policy that would allow the police chief to withhold video footage from the public.

The nearly 9,900-member Los Angeles Police Department is the nation's third-largest metropolitan police force and the biggest to commit to equipping all its patrol officers, numbering about 7,000, with so-called bodycams.

City officials say the cameras will build public trust after a series of racially charged police shootings and other encounters sparked protests and unrest in the United States.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California agrees that bodycams are a potentially useful tool, but objects to a policy that would allow the city's police chief to withhold a video from the public unless a court orders it released.


Nope they are afraid what cops really face day to day. You can seed that on several TV shows already. The ACLU cant stand the real truth being shown in court for all the world to see