Police bodycam footage of George Floyd arrest leaked, published despite public distribution being...

[Michie]

...prohibited

From the article.
Currently, the only way to view the footage is by appointment at the Hennepin County District Court

Portions of body-camera footage showing the deadly arrest of George Floyd while in custody of Minneapolis police were leaked and published Monday, despite recording and public distribution of the videos being prohibited.

The footage was made available for viewing at the Hennepin County courthouse last month by appointment only.

But The Daily Mail said it exclusively obtained the May 25 footage from the body cameras of former rookie officers Thomas Lane and J Alexander Kueng. The video shows about 18 minutes from Kueng's body cam and 10 minutes from Lane's.

The pair were the first to arrive at the Cup Foods convenience store after a complaint that Floyd allegedly tried to pass off a fake $20 bill. Video shot by bystanders showing an officer pinning his knee into Floyd's next for nearly nine minutes before his death sparked global outrage and unleashed a wave of protests against police brutality and racial injustice that still continues.

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Police bodycam footage of George Floyd arrest leaked, published despite public distribution being prohibited

 

[iluvatar5150]

If evidence is viewable by travelling to a courthouse, there's no excuse for not releasing it more broadly to the public.

 

[Arcangl86]

If evidence is viewable by travelling to a courthouse, there's no excuse for not releasing it more broadly to the public.

Sure there is. They want to prevent tainting the jury pool. This evidence is going to be key in the cases, and they need the potential jurors not to be biased from already having seen it.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Sure there is. They want to prevent tainting the jury pool. This evidence is going to be key in the cases, and they need the potential jurors not to be biased from already having seen it.

Then why have it visible at the courthouse in the first place?

 

[Arcangl86]

Then why have it visible at the courthouse in the first place?

If you require people to make appointments to see it, you can then note their name and have them removed from the jury pool.

 

[grasping the after wind]

Sure there is. They want to prevent tainting the jury pool. This evidence is going to be key in the cases, and they need the potential jurors not to be biased from already having seen it.

If you require people to make appointments to see it, you can then note their name and have them removed from the jury pool.

Since the pertinent part of those body cam video's has already been disseminated over the internet through other means, I don't see that releasing them changes anything. The tainting of the jury pool had already happened. I don't see how there could be a person in the country that hasn't already made up their mind about this murder.

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

While this video footage is certainly not conclusive, it does give us some idea what the case for the defense will look like...

 

[grasping the after wind]

While this video footage is certainly not conclusive, it does give us some idea what the case for the defense will look like...

Plea deal?