The Washington Post: WASHINGTON — Law enforcement agencies around the country should buy body cameras for their officers rather than wait for Congress to provide the funding, Sen. Tim Scott said Tuesday.
The South Carolina Republican, whose hometown of North Charleston was the scene of an April 4 incident in which a white police officer was recorded fatally shooting an unarmed black man after a traffic stop, said he's working on legislation to provide federal money for the cameras. Until then, he said, cities and counties would be wise to buy their own to protect police and the public.
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