South Carolina's chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee wants a new system for making public police dash cam videos to prevent unnecessary delays.
The bill by Sen. Larry Martin of Pickens would require that all law enforcement dash cam videos are releasable under the state Freedom of Information Act but their release could be delayed if prosecutors and law enforcement seek an injunction after convincing a judge, who could conduct a private review of the video.
Martin said he was concerned over delays in the release of the video in the Seneca case but also in the year-long delay in the release of a video of a killing of a Chicago teen by an officer there. Continue…
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