Every Homeland Security officer on the ground in Minneapolis, including those from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be immediately issued body-worn cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday, in the latest fallout after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens at the hands of federal agents.
The news of the body cameras comes as Minneapolis has been the site of intense scrutiny over the conduct of federal officers after two U.S. citizens protesting immigration enforcement activities in the city were shot and killed.
It is the latest effort by the Trump administration to alleviate tensions after the shootings and show it is responding to calls for accountability.
The problem isn’t lack of evidence, it’s lack of accountability and consequences. Adding another camera on the scene doesn’t fix the issue.
This assholes won’t actually use them correctly and conveniently “lose” the footage when needed, but generally having more cameras does actually help.
Yes the hard part of accountability is the elephant in the room, but I’m just saying, more cameras is always better than less.
We agree, I’m not against more cameras. I just don’t see it changing anything when they’d already voluntarily pull out their personal device to record themselves killing someone.