Citizen Watch; Viral Videos Shape Views of Police Conduct; As citizen footage sharpens a debate, states work to ensure the clips keep rolling

Other videos that went viral this past year included clips showing a teenage girl being thrown from a school desk by sheriff's deputy in Columbia, S.C., and an unarmed man in North Charleston, S.C., being shot in the back by a police officer. Many state legislatures are considering restrictions...

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Published in:The Wall Street journal. Eastern edition 2015-12-30
Main Authors: Calvert, Scott, Valerie Bauerlein | Photography by Shawn Hubbard
Format: Newspaper Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assaults
Cameras
Departments
Police
State elections
Vitter, David
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Summary:Other videos that went viral this past year included clips showing a teenage girl being thrown from a school desk by sheriff's deputy in Columbia, S.C., and an unarmed man in North Charleston, S.C., being shot in the back by a police officer. Many state legislatures are considering restrictions on the use of fetal tissue after the Center for Medical Progress, an antiabortion group, released video clips of Planned Parenthood officials talking about tissue obtained from abortions being used in medical research.
ISSN:2574-9579