So weird to have Mike Brown's case — the greatest argument for body cameras — be immediately followed by Garner's, its greatest rebuttal.
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Replying to @mattdpearce
@mattdpearce People argue Mike Brown had robbed store: therefore all justified. Then, one video doesn't have impact: therefore no impact?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@zeynep@mattdpearce don't know who is arguing "no impact", but vids != charges makes the civil liberties tradeoff harder to stomach2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Is there any evidence on body cameras changing police trial/conviction rate in the aggregate?
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@xenocryptsite @mattdpearce @nathanjurgenson Yes, some. On phone, will tweet research later. Also Civil Rights and TV. Big effect.
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