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Why ICE’s body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve accountability and transparency

  • Written by Stephanie Lessing, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, UMass Boston
imageA police officer in Ipswich, Mass., wears a WatchGuard body camera on July 29, 2020.Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Amid growing demands by Democrats to overhaul U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after federal immigration officials killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said in...

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