State Representative Juandalynn Givan sponsors the bill.
The bill would allow some people to see body camera video from law enforcement.She says a bill like this didn’t stand a chance at one point, and calls the moment historic.Givan says all state law enforcement agencies are on board with the bill.
“For all of these law enforcement agencies to come on board, that’s history and historic in itself,” Givan said. The bill aims to hold law enforcement agencies accountable by allowing the release of videos recorded by body-worn cameras or dashboard cameras.“So many families across this information has wanted. They’ve wanted access and accessibility to the recordings. If someone kills your loved ones you want to know who did it, you deserve a right to know,” Givan said.
Several families in Mobile, and across the bay, have been pleading for the release of body camera footage.Police say a SWAT officer shot Jones when he jumped out a back window holding a rifle.“We would not release that video simply because it has evidentiary value,” Chief Prine said during a press conference in March.French was shot by a Bay Minette police officer during a traffic stop last August.
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