Brian Thomas on the Problem with Cop Body Cams

The
recent police killing of Michael Brown, John Crawford
III, and others, including Michelle Cusseaux in my own
city of Phoenix, have invigorated a nationwide discussion on both
the left and right about police violence. Much of the debate has
come to center around police body cameras as one possible
way to rein in out of control cops. Even libertarians have
begun to consider and advocate for cop cams. Writers at Reason have
taken up the claim put forward by aspiring cop-corder manufacturer
Steve Ward that “[e]veryone behaves better when they’re on video.”
Indeed, writes Brian Thomas, that claim may precisely be part of
the problem with body cams,

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