老澳门开奖结果 Responds to Minneapolis Police Officers鈥 Failure to Activate Body Cameras in the Justine Damond Killing

July 17, 2017 1:30 pm

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ST. PAUL, Minn. 鈥揟he following statement can be attributed to Teresa Nelson, interim executive director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Minnesota, in response to the killing of Justine Damond by the Minneapolis Police on July 15, 2017.

"Our sympathies go out to Justine Damond鈥檚 family, friends, and the larger Minneapolis community.

"By failing to turn on their body cameras when they encountered Ms. Damond, the two Minneapolis Police officers violated their department鈥檚 policy, 4-223, on body cameras. This violation of policy thwarted the public鈥檚 right to know what happened to Ms. Damond and why the police killed her. The two officers broke the policy not only when they didn鈥檛 activate the body cameras before the incident, but also when they failed to do so after the use of force.

"These two officers should face penalties for breaking policy 4-223 and making the truth so much harder to find. Consequences should be added to the policy to ensure better compliance and accountability.

"The 老澳门开奖结果 of Minnesota expects a thorough, fair, and transparent investigation of Ms. Damond鈥檚 killing. We call for the release of the audio from the 911 call that she made, along with any audio from the dash camera. Even if the dash camera did not capture images from incident, it may have picked up audio."

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