Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that body cameras would be given to federal immigration agents across the country, starting in Minneapolis, where two U.S. citizens were shot and killed by agents in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
“As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide,” she wrote on social media. “We will rapidly acquire and deploy body cameras to DHS law enforcement across the country.”
Noem did not specifically say agents would be required to wear the cameras.
The fact that she’s in favor of this tells me it’s a completely worthless reform
It’s wrose than useless.
There is barely a lack of third party video evidence. And in cases where we don’t have those, a body cam is useless… unless there is a guarantee a) they are running and b) the footage is accessible.
So handing out body cams will not help in any way. I won’t be a deterrence for officers if they have control when to activate it. It will rarely produce footage incriminating officers and if it does that footage will be held back anyway.
There is however a reasonable chance to capture enough footage that can be framed (or straight out manipulated) to show those violent protesters they crave for their narrative.
At least the ice agents won’t be distracted by filming protestors on their own phones.
Honestly, useless or not, if they’re carrying guns, they should be wearing body cams no matter what.