1 00:00:07,338 --> 00:00:14,576 >>> THERE'S AT LEAST 100 MIGRANTS HERE TO CROSS THIS 2 00:00:14,676 --> 00:00:15,842 JUNGLE, THE MOST DANGEROUS JUNGLE IN THE WORLD. 3 00:00:15,942 --> 00:00:18,110 >> RECENTLY GANGS LOOKING FOR PREY HAVE SEEN A SHARP INCREASE 4 00:00:18,210 --> 00:00:19,778 IN THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS CROSSING. 5 00:00:19,878 --> 00:00:27,381 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 6 00:00:27,482 --> 00:00:30,451 >> WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE REFORM, PEOPLE OFTEN LOOK TO 7 00:00:30,551 --> 00:00:33,986 BODY CAMERAS AS A SOLUTION, BUT IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE. 8 00:00:34,085 --> 00:00:36,688 >> WAIT, THERE'S NO PERSPECTIVE OF THE SHOOTER. 9 00:00:36,787 --> 00:00:38,421 >> LIKE, SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ISN'T RIGHT. 10 00:00:38,521 --> 00:00:41,123 >> MOVE YOUR CAMERA, DUDE. 11 00:00:41,224 --> 00:00:44,391 >> ALL THREE BODY CAMERAS FALLING OFF? 12 00:00:44,492 --> 00:00:45,825 IT'S SIMPLY NOT PLAUSIBLE. 13 00:00:45,926 --> 00:00:47,260 >> WHAT OVERSIGHT IS THERE? 14 00:00:47,360 --> 00:01:02,703 >> THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT. 15 00:01:25,149 --> 00:01:35,221 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 16 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:40,423 >> IN NORTHWEST CLUM BEE YARKS ALONG THE BORDER OF PANAMA, THE 17 00:01:40,524 --> 00:01:44,159 COLUMBIA NATIONAL POLICE ARE BUSY PATROLLING A NOTORIOUS 18 00:01:44,259 --> 00:01:50,596 SMUGGLING GAP CONTROLLED BY COLUMBIA'S BIGGEST CARTEL. 19 00:01:50,695 --> 00:02:01,201 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 20 00:02:12,608 --> 00:02:16,645 >> BUT BEYOND THE DRUG TRADE, ANOTHER OF THE BIGGEST 21 00:02:16,745 --> 00:02:19,045 COMMODITIES IS PEOPLE. MIGRANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD 22 00:02:19,145 --> 00:02:22,681 PASS THROUGH THIS NOTORIOUS TREK OF DENSE JUNGLE. 23 00:02:22,781 --> 00:02:33,287 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 24 00:02:40,024 --> 00:02:46,595 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 25 00:02:47,995 --> 00:02:50,096 >> FOR DECADES, MIGRANTS TRYING TO REACH THE U.S. HAVE HAD TO 26 00:02:50,197 --> 00:02:54,365 CROSS THIS GAP, A GRUELING 60-MILE HIKE THAT IS THE LAST 27 00:02:54,465 --> 00:02:56,165 STRETCH BETWEEN SOUTH AMERICA AND PANAMA. 28 00:02:56,265 --> 00:02:59,367 BUT BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN BEGIN THE WALK INTO PANAMA, THEY'RE 29 00:02:59,467 --> 00:03:03,436 CONFRONTED WITH AN OPEN WATER CROSSING ACROSS THE GULF. 30 00:03:03,537 --> 00:03:08,774 SO MANY END UP STRANDED HERE IN THIS TOWN WITHOUT ANY AID FROM 31 00:03:08,873 --> 00:03:14,710 THE COLUMBIAN GOVERNMENT. THEY TRAVEL PRIMARILY FROM CUBA, 32 00:03:14,810 --> 00:03:17,979 HAITI, AFRICA. FLEEING POVERTY AND JOBLESSNESS. 33 00:03:18,079 --> 00:03:23,482 NOW THE CARTEL'S HUMAN TRAFFICKERS HOPING TO EXTORT 34 00:03:23,581 --> 00:03:32,587 THEM. [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 35 00:03:32,687 --> 00:03:37,157 >> THIS WOMAN WAS A NURSE IN CUBA AND FLED THE GOVERNMENT 36 00:03:37,257 --> 00:03:41,459 SURVEILLANCE AND OPPRESSION. FOR GETTING HERE, SHE TRAVELED 37 00:03:41,558 --> 00:03:52,698 THROUGH URUGUAY, PERU AND ECUADOR AND BRAZIL. 38 00:03:52,799 --> 00:04:03,304 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 39 00:04:24,650 --> 00:04:31,453 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 40 00:04:31,554 --> 00:04:34,921 >> THIS GENTLEMAN FLED HAITI'S ECONOMIC CRISIS AND LANDED A 41 00:04:35,022 --> 00:04:39,523 CHOP IN CHILE BUT THE COVID PANDEMIC FORCED HIM TO CONTINUE 42 00:04:39,624 --> 00:04:50,765 MIGRATING NORTH. [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 43 00:05:08,775 --> 00:05:13,176 >> HE IS EAGER TO TURN A PROFIT CAN EASILY CONVINCE STRANDED 44 00:05:13,277 --> 00:05:16,111 MIGRANTS TO CROSS THE GULF WITH THEM AT NIGHT IN THEIR ILL 45 00:05:16,212 --> 00:05:19,513 EQUIPPED BOATS AND DOZENS DIE IN THE CHOPPY WATER EACH YEAR. 46 00:05:19,614 --> 00:05:25,917 THE NEXT MORNING, MOST OF THE MIGRANTS WE MET AT THE BEACH 47 00:05:26,018 --> 00:05:31,421 WERE GONE. I'M IN THE COMMERCIAL BOAT TO 48 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,123 THE ENTRY POINT. AND I'M CROSSING THE SAME EXACT 49 00:05:34,222 --> 00:05:35,590 WATERS THAT MIGRANTS HAVE TO CROSS. 50 00:05:35,690 --> 00:05:39,157 THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT I'M WEARING A LIFE VEST, THERE'S 51 00:05:39,258 --> 00:05:42,126 FIVE MOTORS THAT ARE DRIVING THIS BOAT AND NONE OF THIS IS 52 00:05:42,227 --> 00:05:48,196 SOMETHING THAT MIGRANTS CAN COUNT ON. 53 00:05:48,296 --> 00:05:53,066 ON THE OPPOSITE SHORE WE FOUND THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAS BEEN 54 00:05:53,166 --> 00:05:55,566 TRAFFICKING PEOPLE ACROSS THE GULF FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 55 00:05:55,667 --> 00:05:58,302 RECENTLY, HE HAS SEEN A SHARP INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF 56 00:05:58,402 --> 00:06:10,443 MIGRANTS CROSSING. [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 57 00:06:15,645 --> 00:06:26,152 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 58 00:06:36,691 --> 00:06:47,196 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 59 00:06:49,597 --> 00:06:52,400 MIGRANTS SMUGGLED ACROSS THE GULF HAVE TO FLY UNDER THE RADAR 60 00:06:52,498 --> 00:06:57,436 OF THE NAVY, THE ARMY AND FACTIONS WITHIN THE CARTEL 61 00:06:57,535 --> 00:07:01,205 HUNGRY FOR THE BUSINESS. WHEN WE WERE THERE, FOUR CROWDED 62 00:07:01,304 --> 00:07:14,813 BOATS LANDED ON THE BEACH. 63 00:07:14,912 --> 00:07:25,484 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 64 00:07:35,691 --> 00:07:38,926 >> I WOULD SAY THERE'S AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE HERE, CHILDREN FROM 65 00:07:39,025 --> 00:07:41,861 THE AGES OF 5 TO LITERALLY 3 MONTHS OLD. 66 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,529 AND YOU CAN SENSE A TRUE ANXIETY, PARTICULARLY AMONG THE 67 00:07:45,628 --> 00:07:48,565 WOMEN, THAT ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFE AND THAT 68 00:07:48,664 --> 00:07:55,835 THEY MAKE IT IN ONE PIECE THROUGH THIS JUNGLE. 69 00:07:55,936 --> 00:07:58,337 THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY THROUGH 66 MILES OF 70 00:07:58,436 --> 00:08:00,604 THICK JUNGLE. IT'S THE ONLY OPTION FOR 71 00:08:00,705 --> 00:08:06,340 MIGRANTS WITHOUT VISAS THAT HAVE COME THIS FAR. 72 00:08:06,441 --> 00:08:11,010 IN 2019, MORE THAN 24,000 MIGRANTS FROM OVER 50 73 00:08:11,110 --> 00:08:12,412 NATIONALITIES CROSSED THIS JUNGLE. 74 00:08:12,512 --> 00:08:28,888 ABOUT 4,000 OF WHICH WERE CHILDREN. 75 00:08:28,987 --> 00:08:33,922 ON THE TRAIL ARE POISONOUS SNAKES, SCORPIONS AND JAGUARS 76 00:08:34,023 --> 00:08:36,825 BUT FAR WORSE ARE THE GANGS LOOKING FOR PREY. 77 00:08:36,925 --> 00:08:42,628 THEY ARE VULNERABLE TO BEING ROBBED AT ANY TIME. 78 00:08:42,728 --> 00:08:46,064 SO FAR THE TWO WOMEN IN FRONT OF ME AT THE BEGINNING HAVE BEEN 79 00:08:46,163 --> 00:08:48,465 LEFT BEHIND. THEY STARTED WITH SHOES. 80 00:08:48,565 --> 00:08:51,433 AND I SAW THEM COMPLETELY BAREFOOT BY THE TIME I LEFT 81 00:08:51,533 --> 00:08:53,035 THEM. AT THIS POINT, I DON'T REALLY 82 00:08:53,134 --> 00:08:57,003 KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. AHEAD OF ME, IT'S PRETTY SILENT. 83 00:08:57,103 --> 00:09:00,839 IT'S PITCH BLACK. THE ONE THING YOU CAN HEAR, 84 00:09:00,939 --> 00:09:02,840 THOUGH, THE MURMURING OF CHILDREN. 85 00:09:02,940 --> 00:09:13,112 THAT'S THE ONE THING YOU DO HEAR. 86 00:09:13,211 --> 00:09:23,351 [ CRYING ] 87 00:09:32,556 --> 00:09:35,691 SO IT'S 3:30 A.M. RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS THE FIRST STOP WE HAVE 88 00:09:35,792 --> 00:09:39,661 MADE SINCE THE BOATS ARRIVED. MIGRANTS ARE TAKING THIS AS AN 89 00:09:39,761 --> 00:09:42,494 OPPORTUNITY TO REST. MOMS ARE BREAST-FEEDING. 90 00:09:42,595 --> 00:09:45,663 FAMILIES ARE STICKING TOGETHER. WE HAVE SEEN COUPLES THAT ARE 91 00:09:45,763 --> 00:09:47,764 SLEEPING. AND RIGHT BEHIND ME THEY ARE 92 00:09:47,864 --> 00:09:52,067 STARTING TO COLLECT THE MONEY THAT THE MIGRANTS OWE THEM. 93 00:09:52,167 --> 00:09:55,903 EACH MIGRANT HAS TO PAY BETWEEN 20 TO $30 SO WE'RE STUCK HERE 94 00:09:56,003 --> 00:10:07,009 UNTIL THEY MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR IS REAL. 95 00:10:17,047 --> 00:10:21,551 AS THE MIGRANTS NEAR THE PANAMANIAN BORDER THE AREA WITH 96 00:10:21,651 --> 00:10:24,051 THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF GANGS THE RISK OF ATTACK ONLY 97 00:10:24,152 --> 00:10:26,019 GOES UP. IN FACT, IT'S ALMOST A MIRACLE 98 00:10:26,119 --> 00:10:30,355 WHEN A MIGRANT ISN'T ASSAULTED WHILE IN THE PANAMANIAN AREA. 99 00:10:30,456 --> 00:10:34,825 IT CAN TAKE UP TO TEN DAYS TO CROSS THE JUNGLE. 100 00:10:34,926 --> 00:10:38,827 MIGRANTS EMERGE EXHAUST AND SOMETIMES SICK OR INJURED. 101 00:10:38,927 --> 00:10:41,695 BUT DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS MORE THAN 45 CHILDREN HAVE SHOWN 102 00:10:41,796 --> 00:10:46,431 UP ALONE HAVING LOST THEIR PARENTS ON THE JOURNEY. 103 00:10:46,532 --> 00:10:49,933 AT A CAMP HERE IN THIS TOWN THE GOVERNMENT GIVES THE MIGRANTS 104 00:10:50,033 --> 00:10:56,269 FOOD AND A SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP. 105 00:10:56,369 --> 00:10:57,404 >> NO WAY. 106 00:10:57,504 --> 00:11:00,940 >> SOON AFTER WE ARRIVED, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO FIND OUR 107 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:14,314 FRIEND FROM HAITI, SCHNEIDERSON. [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 108 00:11:27,921 --> 00:11:38,427 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 109 00:11:47,032 --> 00:11:57,538 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 110 00:12:01,206 --> 00:12:05,810 >> FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS, HE MAY BE A RESPITE FOR THOSE OUT OF 111 00:12:05,910 --> 00:12:08,945 THE JUNGLE, BUT IT LACKS ANY SORT OF HEALTH SERVICES OR 112 00:12:09,045 --> 00:12:11,912 ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN. FOR THAT, THEY HAVE TO GO TO 113 00:12:12,013 --> 00:12:20,351 ANOTHER CAMP UP RIVER. JUST WHEN YOU THINK THAT THIS 114 00:12:20,451 --> 00:12:23,686 WHOLE JOURNEY MIGHT BE OVER FOR MIGRANTS, YOU SOON REALIZE 115 00:12:23,786 --> 00:12:25,686 THEY'RE NOT REALLY OUT OF THE WOODS JUST YET. 116 00:12:25,787 --> 00:12:28,922 IN ORDER TO MAKE IT TO THE MORE ESTABLISHED MIGRANT CAMPS, THEY 117 00:12:29,022 --> 00:12:34,493 HAVE TO TAKE THIS EXACT BOAT RIDE FOR FIVE HOURS DOWN THIS 118 00:12:34,591 --> 00:12:36,860 RIVER. SO, NATURE IS CONSTANTLY 119 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,595 PRESENTING ITSELF AS THIS OVERWHELMING BARRIER THAT 120 00:12:39,695 --> 00:12:46,833 MIGRANTS HAVE TO OVERCOME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 121 00:12:46,932 --> 00:12:52,136 SO WE'RE JUST ARRIVING TO ONE OF SEVERAL SHELTERS SET UP BY THE 122 00:12:52,235 --> 00:12:55,803 PAIN MAIN YAN GOVERNMENT FOR MIGRANTS THAT HAVE JUST ARRIVED. 123 00:12:55,904 --> 00:12:59,072 WE HEARD THAT ONE OF THE CUBAN MIGRANTS WE MET IN COLUMBIA 124 00:12:59,173 --> 00:13:05,509 MIGHT BE HERE, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIND HER. 125 00:13:05,609 --> 00:13:16,115 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 126 00:13:32,224 --> 00:13:42,730 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 127 00:13:54,003 --> 00:13:58,239 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] AT THAT POINT AFTER LIVING IN 128 00:13:58,340 --> 00:14:01,209 DIRE CONDITIONS AND AFTER DAYS TREKKING THROUGH THE JUNGLE, SHE 129 00:14:01,308 --> 00:14:02,808 DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE WAS STILL PREGNANT. 130 00:14:02,908 --> 00:14:05,076 SHE FEARED SHE SUFFERED A MISCARRIAGE. 131 00:14:05,176 --> 00:14:08,613 BUT AT LEAST MIGRANTS AT THIS CAMP CAN COUNT ON MEDICAL 132 00:14:08,713 --> 00:14:14,615 SUPPORT FROM THE RED CROSS AND FROM UNICEF. 133 00:14:14,715 --> 00:14:17,750 IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS, ALMOST EVERY MIGRANT IN THESE CAMPS 134 00:14:17,850 --> 00:14:21,186 WILL BE TRANSFERRED BY THE PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT TO COSTA 135 00:14:21,286 --> 00:14:23,888 RICA, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO UNTIL THEY REACH THE 136 00:14:23,988 --> 00:14:26,922 U.S. BORDER, WHERE THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS DETAINED HAS RISEN IN 137 00:14:27,022 --> 00:14:30,391 THE LAST FEW WEEKS. IN FEBRUARY ALONE, MORE THAN 138 00:14:30,490 --> 00:14:32,325 100,000 MIGRANTS WERE APPREHENDED. 139 00:14:32,426 --> 00:14:35,761 AND AS OF NOW, THE BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO TURN 140 00:14:35,860 --> 00:14:37,262 THE MAJORITY OF THEM AWAY. 141 00:14:37,362 --> 00:14:44,498 >> THEY NEED TO WAIT. IT TAKES TIME TO REBUILD THE 142 00:14:44,599 --> 00:14:45,766 SYSTEM FROM SCRATCH. 143 00:14:45,865 --> 00:14:49,835 >> UNTIL THE U.S. REFORMS ITS IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, PEOPLE LIKE 144 00:14:49,936 --> 00:15:04,410 SCHNEIDERSON WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN STRANDED. 145 00:15:23,254 --> 00:15:25,955 >>> 911, WHAT IS THE EMERGENCY? 146 00:15:26,056 --> 00:15:30,258 >> THERE'S A GUY WALKING SOUTH ON BILLING STREET, HE HAS A MASK 147 00:15:30,359 --> 00:15:31,425 ON. AND I DON'T KNOW. 148 00:15:31,524 --> 00:15:33,926 SOMETHING IS SKETCHY. 149 00:15:34,027 --> 00:15:34,761 >> OKAY. 150 00:15:34,860 --> 00:15:36,061 >> BACKPACK. MASK ON. 151 00:15:36,161 --> 00:15:38,495 >> STOP RIGHT THERE. STOP. 152 00:15:38,595 --> 00:15:40,130 STOP. I HAVE A RIGHT TO STOP YOU 153 00:15:40,230 --> 00:15:41,397 BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING SUSPICIOUS. 154 00:15:41,498 --> 00:15:41,998 >> OKAY. 155 00:15:42,099 --> 00:15:43,965 >> TURN AROUND. 156 00:15:44,066 --> 00:15:45,767 >> ACTUALLY YOU'RE -- I'M GOING HOME. 157 00:15:45,867 --> 00:15:47,700 >> RELAX OR I HAVE TO CHANGE THIS SITUATION. 158 00:15:47,801 --> 00:15:51,638 >> NEWLY RELEASED BODY CAMERA VIDEO IS GIVING US NEW INSIGHT 159 00:15:51,738 --> 00:15:55,739 INTO THE MOMENTS BEFORE ELIJAH McCLAIN'S DEATH. 160 00:15:55,840 --> 00:16:00,242 >> 23-YEAR-OLD ELIJAH McCLAIN WAS ON HIS WAY BACK HOME FROM A 161 00:16:00,341 --> 00:16:03,143 CONVENIENCE STORE IN AURORA, COLORADO, WHEN HE WAS STOPPED BY 162 00:16:03,244 --> 00:16:03,844 POLICE. 163 00:16:04,076 --> 00:16:05,345 >> JUST A NORMAL DAY IN HIS LIFE. 164 00:16:05,445 --> 00:16:07,812 HE WAS WALKING UP THIS WAY WITH THE EARPHONES IN HIS EAR, 165 00:16:07,912 --> 00:16:14,417 LISTENING TO MUSIC. POLICE ATTACKED HIM AND KILLED 166 00:16:14,517 --> 00:16:14,783 HIM. 167 00:16:14,883 --> 00:16:15,450 >> MUSIC. 168 00:16:16,118 --> 00:16:17,752 >> HEY, SIR, CAN YOU STOP. WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS. 169 00:16:17,851 --> 00:16:21,554 THEY WENT AND GRABBED HIM. THEY GET HIM UP AGAINST THE 170 00:16:21,654 --> 00:16:24,221 WALL. THEY TACKLED ELIJAH TO THE 171 00:16:24,321 --> 00:16:25,822 GROUND. CHOKE HOLD HIM. 172 00:16:25,922 --> 00:16:28,958 FIRST THING HE DOES IS START RECITING WHO HE IS. 173 00:16:29,057 --> 00:16:37,796 >> MY NAME IS ELIJAH McCLAIN. I WAS JUST GOING HOME. 174 00:16:37,896 --> 00:16:39,030 I'M DIFFERENT. 175 00:16:39,131 --> 00:16:42,066 >> HE'S ALREADY HANDCUFFED AND HE'S STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND 176 00:16:42,165 --> 00:16:42,798 WHAT'S GOING ON. 177 00:16:42,899 --> 00:16:47,768 >> SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT. 178 00:16:47,868 --> 00:16:52,337 >> I DON'T KILL FLIES. I DON'T EAT MEAT. 179 00:16:52,438 --> 00:16:55,140 >> DO WE HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN HIM BEING SUSPICIOUS? 180 00:16:55,239 --> 00:16:55,839 >> NO. 181 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:58,342 >> THE VIDEO CAMERA SHOWS THEY HAD NO RIGHT TO KILL HIM. 182 00:16:58,441 --> 00:17:01,710 YOU SEE IT. YOU HEAR IT. 183 00:17:01,809 --> 00:17:04,577 IT'S VIDEO EVIDENCE. YET THEY'RE SAYING IT'S NOT 184 00:17:04,679 --> 00:17:05,179 ENOUGH. 185 00:17:05,912 --> 00:17:08,380 >> THE POLICE EVENTUALLY CALLED IN PARAMEDICS WHO INJECTED 186 00:17:08,479 --> 00:17:11,181 ELIJAH CAN A POWERFUL SEDATIVE. HE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK ON 187 00:17:11,281 --> 00:17:15,050 HIS WAY TO THE HOSPITAL AND DIED THREE DAYS LATER. 188 00:17:15,151 --> 00:17:16,818 >> WHO IS THIS FOR? 189 00:17:16,919 --> 00:17:18,085 >> ELIJAH McCLAIN. 190 00:17:18,185 --> 00:17:22,387 >> Reporter: HUNDREDS MARRING IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 191 00:17:22,488 --> 00:17:26,824 AND MUNICIPAL AURORA, COLORADO DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR ELIJAH 192 00:17:26,923 --> 00:17:27,591 McCLAIN. 193 00:17:28,159 --> 00:17:30,360 >> THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY DIDN'T PURSUE CHARGES AGAINST THE 194 00:17:30,460 --> 00:17:32,995 OFFICER. THEY CLAIM ELI YA GONE FOR THEIR 195 00:17:33,094 --> 00:17:37,497 GUN BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE CAPTURED. 196 00:17:37,596 --> 00:17:41,533 MAUREEN IS REPRESENTING MRS. McCLAIN AGAINST THE CITY, POLICE 197 00:17:41,633 --> 00:17:43,200 AND FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE SCENE. 198 00:17:43,299 --> 00:17:46,235 IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE THE FOOTAGE, BUT THERE'S NO 199 00:17:46,335 --> 00:17:49,970 ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE'S NO JUSTICE RIGHT NOW. 200 00:17:50,071 --> 00:17:51,271 WHY IS THAT? 201 00:17:51,372 --> 00:17:54,273 >> ALL THREE OF THE OFFICERS WHO WENT HANDS ON WERE ABLE TO SHED 202 00:17:54,373 --> 00:17:59,308 THEIR BODY CAMERAS. THEY ALL DISLODGED THEIR BODY 203 00:17:59,409 --> 00:18:02,277 CAMERAS. AND SO WHAT WE SEE IS BODY 204 00:18:02,377 --> 00:18:05,879 CAMERAS ON THE GROUND IN THE GRASDS 205 00:18:05,979 --> 00:18:09,716 GRASS AND A LOT OF WHAT WE GET TO INTERPRET IS JUST THE AUDIO. 206 00:18:09,815 --> 00:18:12,950 WHEN WE HEAR THE OFFICERS SAY, HE'S GOING FOR YOUR GUN, THEY 207 00:18:13,049 --> 00:18:16,251 CAN SAY THAT KIND OF THING BECAUSE THEY'VE DROPPED THEIR 208 00:18:16,353 --> 00:18:17,952 BODY CAMERAS TO THE GROUND. 209 00:18:18,053 --> 00:18:20,787 >> THERE'S ONE MORE BODY CAMERA. 210 00:18:20,887 --> 00:18:24,190 >> THE NOTION THAT ONE BODY CAMERA WOULD FALL OFF, I SUPPOSE 211 00:18:24,289 --> 00:18:26,857 WE COULD ASSUME THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN. 212 00:18:26,958 --> 00:18:30,126 BUT ALL THREE BODY CAMERAS FALLING OFF THE MOMENT THAT THEY 213 00:18:30,227 --> 00:18:34,962 WENT HANDS ON WITH ELIJAH, IT'S SIMPLY NOT PLAUSIBLE. 214 00:18:35,062 --> 00:18:36,663 >> MOVE YOUR CAMERA, DUDE. 215 00:18:36,764 --> 00:18:40,766 >> THE AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST 216 00:18:40,865 --> 00:18:41,900 FOR COMMENT. 217 00:18:41,998 --> 00:18:43,534 SADLY THE ELIJAH McCLAIN CASE IS 218 00:18:43,633 --> 00:18:45,302 NOT AN ISOLATED INNOCENT. 219 00:18:45,402 --> 00:18:48,304 >> AUTHORITIES IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, ARE PROMISING A 220 00:18:48,403 --> 00:18:52,972 THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE POLICE SHOOTING OF ALTON 221 00:18:53,073 --> 00:18:53,839 STERLING STERL 222 00:18:53,940 --> 00:18:58,508 STERLING. BOTH OFFICER'S BODY CAMERAS 223 00:18:58,608 --> 00:18:59,643 BECAME DISLODGED DURING THE ALTERCATION. 224 00:18:59,743 --> 00:19:01,944 >> DEADLY-OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING AT A HOLLYWOOD GYM. 225 00:19:02,045 --> 00:19:06,480 YOU CAN HEAR WHAT HAPPENED. 226 00:19:06,581 --> 00:19:09,914 >> THE BIG CHALLENGE, OBVIOUSLY, IS THAT THERE'S NO BODY CAMERA 227 00:19:10,015 --> 00:19:12,316 EVIDENCE WITH BREONNA TAYLOR'S CASE. 228 00:19:12,417 --> 00:19:15,552 >> BODY CAMERAS HAVEN'T BEEN THE SILVER BULLET THEY WERE ONCE 229 00:19:15,652 --> 00:19:17,854 EXPECTED TO BE, BUT THEY HAVE PROVEN THEIR POTENTIAL TO BE 230 00:19:17,953 --> 00:19:21,322 POWERFUL TOOLS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 231 00:19:21,421 --> 00:19:24,723 >> BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS A BALTIMORE POLICE OFFICER 232 00:19:24,824 --> 00:19:26,258 PLANTING DRUGS AT A CRIME SCENE. 233 00:19:26,357 --> 00:19:32,194 >> VIDEO OF A COP BRAGGING ABOUT ATTACKING PROTESTERS. 234 00:19:32,295 --> 00:19:32,961 >> HIT. 235 00:19:33,295 --> 00:19:35,196 >> THE OFFICER WEARING THE CAMERA WALKS AWAY. 236 00:19:35,296 --> 00:19:41,999 THAT'S RESULTED IN A SERGEANT BEING PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE 237 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:44,134 LEAVE. IN VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE 238 00:19:44,235 --> 00:19:46,835 SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS KNOWN FOR ITS STRICT POLICY ON BODY 239 00:19:46,935 --> 00:19:47,604 CAM USE. 240 00:19:47,703 --> 00:19:49,203 >> WHERE ARE WE HEADED RIGHT NOW. 241 00:19:49,304 --> 00:19:52,172 >> THE SUICIDAL PERSON MAY BE AT THE WALMART RIGHT AROUND THE 242 00:19:52,273 --> 00:19:53,273 CORNER FROM HERE. 243 00:19:53,373 --> 00:19:55,275 >> WOULD YOU BE TURNING ON YOUR BODY CAM RIGHT NOW. 244 00:19:55,374 --> 00:20:00,344 >> YES, MY BODY CAM IS RIGHT WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR. 245 00:20:00,443 --> 00:20:04,146 EVERYDAY, EVERY ENCOUNTER, THE BODY CAMERA SUP AND RUNNING. 246 00:20:04,247 --> 00:20:06,581 WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU CALL FOR US? 247 00:20:06,681 --> 00:20:08,281 >> I NEED AN AMBULANCE. 248 00:20:08,382 --> 00:20:12,217 >> I LOVE CAMERAS. I WAS RESISTANT BUT I HAVE GROWN 249 00:20:12,316 --> 00:20:14,919 TO LOVE THEM. THE MORE CAMERAS THE BETTER IN 250 00:20:15,018 --> 00:20:16,353 MY OPINION. YOU GIVE ME A PATROL CAR, ALL 251 00:20:16,452 --> 00:20:21,256 THIS TECHNOLOGY, TAKE AWAY RIGHTS, I CAN KILL SOMEBODY AND 252 00:20:21,355 --> 00:20:23,957 IT'S OKAY. OF COURSE YOU SHOULD BE 253 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:24,725 SCRUTINIZED. 254 00:20:25,225 --> 00:20:27,659 >> OFFICER'S REUSS'S BOSS MICHAEL CHITWOOD IS A VOCAL 255 00:20:27,758 --> 00:20:30,760 ADVOCATE FOR BODY CAMS AND ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S EARLIEST 256 00:20:30,861 --> 00:20:31,429 ADOPTERS. 257 00:20:32,194 --> 00:20:35,396 >> WHEN I GOT ELECTED WE PUT THE BODY CAMERA PROGRAM ON STEROIDS. 258 00:20:35,497 --> 00:20:37,832 EVERYBODY HAS BODY CAMERAS. INJURIES TO POLICE OFFICERS 259 00:20:37,931 --> 00:20:39,865 DROPPED. INJURIES TO SUSPECTS DROPPED. 260 00:20:39,966 --> 00:20:43,435 AND CRIME DROPPED. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DOWNSIDE 261 00:20:43,536 --> 00:20:45,702 TO HAVING THE BODY CAMERA, IN MY OPINION. 262 00:20:45,804 --> 00:20:48,770 >> CAN YOU TAKE ME THROUGH VERY SIMPLY WHAT IS THE POLICY 263 00:20:48,871 --> 00:20:52,441 REGARDING BODY CAMERAS HERE IN VOLUSIA COUNTY? 264 00:20:52,540 --> 00:20:54,642 >> YEAH. WHEN YOU'RE PERFORMING A POLICE 265 00:20:54,741 --> 00:20:55,674 FUNCTION, IT MUST BE TURNED ON. 266 00:20:55,775 --> 00:20:56,809 >> UH-HUH. 267 00:20:56,910 --> 00:21:00,111 >> YOU CANNOT TURN IT OFF UNTIL THE INNOCENT IS OVER. 268 00:21:00,210 --> 00:21:01,879 FIRST OFFENSE YOU'RE GETTING WRITTEN UP. 269 00:21:01,979 --> 00:21:05,046 SECOND OFFENSE, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE TIME. 270 00:21:05,146 --> 00:21:08,549 THIRD OFFENSE, GOOD CHANCE YOU COULD GET FIRED. 271 00:21:08,650 --> 00:21:11,550 >> IT'S NOT JUSTING A CAMERA, IT'S REGULATING WHEN THEY SHOULD 272 00:21:11,651 --> 00:21:13,251 BE ON AND WHAT AN OFFICER MUST DO. 273 00:21:13,352 --> 00:21:14,952 >> POLICY ENFORCEMENT. 274 00:21:15,053 --> 00:21:18,055 >> WHAT OVERSIGHT IS THERE FROM STATE LEVEL OR FROM A FEDERAL 275 00:21:18,153 --> 00:21:20,155 LEVEL WITH REGARDS TO YOUR POLICY ON BODY CAMS? 276 00:21:20,256 --> 00:21:26,092 >> THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT FOR IT. I AM THE OVERSIGHT FOR IT. 277 00:21:26,192 --> 00:21:29,361 >> WITH NO OVERSIGHT, BODY CAM POLICY CAN VARY FROM POLICE 278 00:21:29,461 --> 00:21:34,764 DEPARTMENT TO POLICE DEPARTMENT. JUST ONE COUNTY OVER IN ORANGE 279 00:21:34,864 --> 00:21:41,500 COUNTY, FLORIDA, LAX BODY CAM ENFORCEMENT LEFT UNRESOLVED 280 00:21:41,601 --> 00:21:42,634 QUESTIONS IN THE SHOOTING. 281 00:21:42,735 --> 00:21:45,069 >> DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ORANGE COUNTY, A MAN WHO 282 00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:48,337 INVESTIGATORS SAY WAS ARMED WITH A STOLEN GUN IS SHOT IN THE 283 00:21:48,438 --> 00:21:50,338 PARKING LOT OF THE FLORIDA MALL. 284 00:21:50,439 --> 00:21:53,941 >> 22-YEAR-OLD MELVIN WAS SHOT IN THE BACK WHEN UNDERCOVER 285 00:21:54,041 --> 00:21:57,143 OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A WARRANT ON ONE OF HIS FRIENDS. 286 00:21:57,242 --> 00:22:00,644 THE MELVIN FAMILY'S LAWYERS CARLOS HAINES AND BRAD REQUESTED 287 00:22:00,745 --> 00:22:03,447 THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THE SHOOTING FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY 288 00:22:03,546 --> 00:22:04,314 SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 289 00:22:04,413 --> 00:22:07,748 >> THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON A FRIDAY. 290 00:22:07,850 --> 00:22:09,950 I CONTACTED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 291 00:22:10,050 --> 00:22:12,486 WE WANT TO SEE THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE. 292 00:22:12,585 --> 00:22:15,386 THEY TOLD US THEY WEREN'T GOING TO LET US SEE THE FOOTAGE. 293 00:22:15,487 --> 00:22:16,421 >> WHY NOT? 294 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,456 >> THEY SAID IT WAS STILL AN ACTIVE INFORMATION. 295 00:22:19,556 --> 00:22:21,156 AND THAT THEY COULDN'T LET US SEE IT. 296 00:22:21,257 --> 00:22:24,758 THAT WAS THEIR POLICY. AT THIS POINT, WE FELT LIKE WE 297 00:22:24,858 --> 00:22:27,893 HAD TO PUT SOME PRESSURE ON THEM AND SO WE DID A MEDIA BLITZ. 298 00:22:27,993 --> 00:22:30,194 >> THE TRUTH IS WHAT THE TRUTH IS. 299 00:22:30,295 --> 00:22:32,430 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HIDE IT. 300 00:22:32,529 --> 00:22:36,832 >> JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR OUR CLIENT TO SEE 301 00:22:36,931 --> 00:22:38,066 HOW HER SON ACTUALLY DIED. 302 00:22:38,166 --> 00:22:41,300 >> DOZENS SHOWED UP AROUND THE FLORIDA MALL FRIDAY DEMANDING 303 00:22:41,401 --> 00:22:45,402 THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RELEASE BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THE 304 00:22:45,504 --> 00:22:46,071 SHOOTING. 305 00:22:46,671 --> 00:22:48,171 >> EVENTUALLY THEY GAVE US PROBABLY ABOUT TEN DIFFERENT 306 00:22:48,271 --> 00:22:56,443 CAMERA ANGLES, BUT NONE FROM MONTILE, THE SHOOTER. 307 00:22:56,544 --> 00:22:59,011 >> THE FOOTAGE RAISED MORE QUESTIONS THAN IT ANSWERED. 308 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:02,247 >> COMING UP ON THE DICK'S SPORTING GOODS. 309 00:23:02,346 --> 00:23:06,748 WE REFER TO AS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. 310 00:23:06,848 --> 00:23:07,749 MELVIN'S MURDER. 311 00:23:08,116 --> 00:23:11,719 >> SO WHAT ANGLE DID THE POLICE OFFICER'S BODY CAM ACTUALLY 312 00:23:11,818 --> 00:23:12,786 CAPTURE THE SHOOTING FROM? 313 00:23:12,885 --> 00:23:15,220 >> THAT'S THE ANGLE WE'RE COMING UP ON NOW. 314 00:23:15,319 --> 00:23:20,757 YOU CAN TELL HE WAS GOING AT LEAST 20, 25 WITHIN THE PARKING 315 00:23:20,856 --> 00:23:21,223 LOT. 316 00:23:22,123 --> 00:23:24,893 >> ANOTHER DEPUTY HE PULLS HIS TRUCK RIGHT BEHIND THIS PATROL 317 00:23:24,992 --> 00:23:30,595 VEHICLE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS HERE. 318 00:23:30,696 --> 00:23:35,399 THERE'S ANOTHER DEPUTY STANDING RIGHT THERE. 319 00:23:35,498 --> 00:23:40,102 >> SHOOTER'S VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WHERE THAT STOP SIGN IS. 320 00:23:40,201 --> 00:23:42,702 >> MELVIN IS ALREADY RUNNING THIS WAY. 321 00:23:42,802 --> 00:23:48,605 >> OFFICER MONTILE SQUATS DOWN AND SHOOTS MELVIN IN THE BACK. 322 00:23:48,706 --> 00:23:51,074 >> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU FINALLY SAW IT AND SAID, 323 00:23:51,173 --> 00:23:53,008 WAIT, THERE'S NO PERSPECTIVE OF THE SHOOTER? 324 00:23:53,108 --> 00:23:56,844 >> I WAS PISSED, BUT I ALSO SAID HERE WE GO AGAIN. 325 00:23:56,943 --> 00:24:01,747 >> HERE IN ORLANDO, IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING WITH THE BODY CAMERA 326 00:24:01,846 --> 00:24:02,346 FOOTAGE. 327 00:24:02,447 --> 00:24:03,114 >> WHOSE FAULT IS THAT? 328 00:24:03,214 --> 00:24:13,386 >> IT'S THE SHERIFF'S FAULT. 329 00:24:13,487 --> 00:24:15,153 W. TAKE ME THROUGH THE SHERIFF 330 00:24:15,254 --> 00:24:16,556 DEPARTMENT'S POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO BODY-WORN CANAL RA 331 00:24:16,655 --> 00:24:20,924 COMES TO BODY-WORN CANALMERAS. 332 00:24:21,025 --> 00:24:24,027 >> RIGHT NOW ALL OUR OFFICERS IN UNIFORM RESPONDING TO CALLS, 333 00:24:24,125 --> 00:24:27,662 DETAINING PEOPLE OR ARRESTING PEOPLE ARE ALL ASSIGNED A BODY 334 00:24:27,761 --> 00:24:30,029 WORN CAMERA. THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TURN THAT ON 335 00:24:30,130 --> 00:24:32,264 ANY TIME THEY'RE INTERACTING DURING A POLICE INCIDENT. 336 00:24:32,364 --> 00:24:34,865 >> WHAT ABOUT UNITS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY SERVING WARRANTS, 337 00:24:34,966 --> 00:24:37,034 DO ALL OF THOSE DEPUTIES HAVE BODY CAMS? 338 00:24:37,133 --> 00:24:41,469 >> RIGHT. SO EITHER OR ALL OF THOSE UNITS 339 00:24:41,569 --> 00:24:42,502 HAVE THEM OR WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THEM. 340 00:24:42,603 --> 00:24:46,306 >> OKAY, I SEE. IT'S STILL NOT EVERYONE. 341 00:24:46,405 --> 00:24:47,773 >> I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE. 342 00:24:47,873 --> 00:24:48,839 >> NO TIMELINE. WHY NOT? 343 00:24:48,941 --> 00:24:50,674 >> I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE, YEAH. 344 00:24:50,775 --> 00:24:55,777 >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY IS 345 00:24:55,877 --> 00:24:58,612 SOMETHING THAT'S HARD WON AND WHEN THERE ISN'T A TIMELINE, 346 00:24:58,711 --> 00:25:02,748 WHEN IT ISN'T A PRIORITY THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE HIGHEST, 347 00:25:02,847 --> 00:25:05,748 THAT THAT TRUST IS LOST A LITTLE BIT? 348 00:25:05,848 --> 00:25:09,485 AND WHEN THERE ARE CASES LIKE A MELVIN CASE, THE SHOOTER DIDN'T 349 00:25:09,585 --> 00:25:10,852 HAVE BODY CAM FOOTAGE. 350 00:25:10,952 --> 00:25:15,154 >> PART OF THAT SHOOTING WAS CAPTURED BY BODY-WORN CAMERA. 351 00:25:15,255 --> 00:25:18,556 >> THE PART THAT WOULD CORROBORATE WHAT THE DEPUTY 352 00:25:18,656 --> 00:25:22,893 SAID, WHICH IS THAT MR. MELVIN TURNED WITH A HANDGUN, THAT 353 00:25:22,992 --> 00:25:25,227 COULD HAVE BEEN CORROBORATED. THAT'S THE PART THAT THERE'S 354 00:25:25,327 --> 00:25:28,761 STILL A QUESTION MARK ABOUT IT OR WE HAVE TO TAKE THE OFFICER'S 355 00:25:28,862 --> 00:25:29,430 WORD FOR WHAT HAPPENED. 356 00:25:29,529 --> 00:25:32,097 >> YEAH, I TOTALLY GET THAT. 357 00:25:32,198 --> 00:25:35,100 >> DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CRISIS OF TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES 358 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,668 THAT ARE BEING POLICED BY YOUR OFFICE AND YOUR DEPARTMENT? 359 00:25:38,768 --> 00:25:44,403 >> WELL, HISTORICALLY THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE MISTRUST 360 00:25:44,504 --> 00:25:49,507 BETWEEN SOME UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 361 00:25:49,607 --> 00:25:54,477 BUT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING AND SUCCESSFUL IN SOME SITUATIONS TO 362 00:25:54,576 --> 00:25:57,312 BUILD THAT TRUST. I THINK OUR EFFORTS ARE WORKING. 363 00:25:57,412 --> 00:26:00,579 >> TWO WEEKS AFTER OUR INTERVIEW, ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF 364 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,149 JOHN MINA ANNOUNCED THAT ALL OF HIS PUBLIC-FACING DEPUTIES HAVE 365 00:26:04,248 --> 00:26:07,250 NOW BEEN ISSUED BODY-WORN CAMERAS. 366 00:26:07,351 --> 00:26:09,185 >> THE SHERIFF SAYS THAT THINGS HAVE REALLY CHANGED AS THERE ARE 367 00:26:09,286 --> 00:26:12,386 MORE CALLS FOR POLICE TRANSPARENCY AND HE SAYS THIS 368 00:26:12,487 --> 00:26:17,890 WILL PROTECT BOTH THE PUBLIC AND HIS DEPUTIES. 369 00:26:17,990 --> 00:26:22,993 >>> BACK IN COLORADO, THE DEATH OF ELIJAH McCLAIN PROMPTED STATE 370 00:26:23,094 --> 00:26:28,696 REPRESENTATIVE LESLIE HERROD TO MANDATE A STRICT UNIFORM BODY 371 00:26:28,796 --> 00:26:31,565 CAM POLICY FOR EVERY OFFICER IN THE STATE. 372 00:26:31,664 --> 00:26:33,332 DID YOU GET ANY PUSHBACK FROM POLICE DEPARTMENTS? 373 00:26:33,431 --> 00:26:35,533 >> ABSOLUTELY. BUT WE HAD SUPPORT FROM FOLKS 374 00:26:35,633 --> 00:26:36,601 AROUND THESE ISSUES. 375 00:26:36,700 --> 00:26:38,001 >> SAY HIS NAME. 376 00:26:38,102 --> 00:26:38,736 >> ELIJAH McCLAIN. 377 00:26:38,835 --> 00:26:40,536 >> SAY HIS NAME. 378 00:26:40,636 --> 00:26:41,671 >> ELIJAH McCLAIN. 379 00:26:41,770 --> 00:26:45,306 >> IN JUNE 2020, THE COLORADO STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED 380 00:26:45,405 --> 00:26:47,740 REPRESENTATIVE HERROD'S BILL MAKING COLORADO THE FIRST TO 381 00:26:47,841 --> 00:26:51,942 HAVE A STATEWIDE MANDATE ON THE USE OF BODY CAMERAS. 382 00:26:52,043 --> 00:26:55,444 >> IT'S LATE BUT HALLELUJAH BECAUSE IT'S HISTORY. 383 00:26:55,545 --> 00:26:57,479 THIS IS HISTORY IN THE MAKING RIGHT HERE. 384 00:26:57,579 --> 00:27:00,748 >> FIVE OTHER STATES ENACTED SIMILAR LEGISLATION BUT CARVE 385 00:27:00,847 --> 00:27:04,283 OUT LOOPHOLES FOR POLICY DECISIONS AND BUDGETARY 386 00:27:04,383 --> 00:27:05,116 CONSIDERATION. 387 00:27:05,450 --> 00:27:06,585 >> WE NEED TO PASS ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE FEDERAL 388 00:27:06,684 --> 00:27:09,919 LEVEL, TOO, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS PATCHWORK OF LAWS 389 00:27:10,019 --> 00:27:12,720 ACROSS DIFFERENT STATES. DIFFERENT AGENCIES DOING IT 390 00:27:12,821 --> 00:27:14,087 DIFFERENTLY JUST QUITE FRANKLY DOESN'T WORK. 391 00:27:14,188 --> 00:27:17,089 >> AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, HOUSE DEMOCRATS PASSED THEIR OWN 392 00:27:17,190 --> 00:27:20,959 POLICE REFORM BILL IN MARCH, INCLUDING BODY CAM PROVISIONS 393 00:27:21,058 --> 00:27:22,227 FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 394 00:27:22,326 --> 00:27:25,395 >> THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT FUNDAMENTALLY 395 00:27:25,495 --> 00:27:28,930 TRANSFORMS THE CULTURE OF POLICING WITH STRONG, 396 00:27:29,030 --> 00:27:30,197 UNPRECEDENTED REFORM. 397 00:27:30,296 --> 00:27:33,298 >> WHILE THE BILL WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR BODY CAM PROGRAMS, 398 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,334 ILL STILL DOESN'T REGULATE THEIR USE. 399 00:27:35,433 --> 00:27:38,870 LEAVING IN PLACE THE INEFFECTIVE ARRAY OF RULES, REGULATING BODY 400 00:27:38,970 --> 00:27:49,409 CAMERAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.