James Lankford: “The body worn cameras can only be, the footage can only be…”

“They were demanding body worn cameras, which we were fine with and said, yes, absolutely, let's add funding for body worn cameras. Then they brought back language and said, well, The body worn cameras can only be, the footage can only be used to be able to prosecute agents. They can't be used to actually prosecute anyone else on the film, that is anyone else that would actually be not legally present in the country.” (12:54–13:00)

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