Calls mount for US police to wear body cameras

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http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nFJwtHM4dtNJbmaHpz92ww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/2f1c7181faf6d37f143fa425fccc98166dab9837.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/calls-mount-us-police-wear-body-cameras-205023000.html)From the White House to local communities, Americans are pushing for more police to wear body cameras after an officer shot dead an unarmed man running away from a traffic infraction. The killing of Walter Scott, a 50-year-old black man, shot in the back by a white officer on Saturday in South Carolina and filmed on a cell phone, shocked America and shocked the world. US officers are rarely indicted in shootings, but Michael Slager, 33, was charged with murder, sacked and faces up to life in prison or the death penalty if convicted at trial. He initially claimed he felt threatened, but the emergence of the video so fundamentally contradicted his account that it has fueled calls for more widespread use of police body cameras.



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