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Why bodycam footage might not clear things up

  • Written by Deryn Strange, Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Police bodycam image of Lamar Wright, who was recovering from surgery when he was pepper-sprayed and zapped with a stun gun by two officers in Euclid, Ohio. AP/Euclid police

Stephon Clark, an African-American man, was killed by Sacramento police in his grandmother’s backyard last month, setting off protests and conflict over the...

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