Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Signs And Defends Bill That Could Charge Money For Police Body Camera Footage

A police officer wears a body camera during an anti-Donald Trump protest in Cleveland, Ohio, near the Republican National Convention site on July 18, 2016. | Source: JIM WATSON / Getty

The governor of Ohio has signed a bill into law that opponents argue will protect police officers in the state from accountability by charging the public for police body camera footage, which is typically called for when there’s a use-of-force incident that may or may not have been an act of police brutality...