article_snippet.sent: a camera will help ensure that justice will be served in this case.
article_snippet.sent: However, there is another camera that -- had a camera been deployed -- might have prevented the entire tragedy: a police body camera.
article_snippet.sent: Police body cameras can help break a cycle of destruction that could lead to chaos.
article_snippet.sent: I will admit that body cameras are only an interim solution.
article_snippet.sent: body cameras only help compensate for the real underlying problem, which is this: There is a bias against black men that has infiltrated the criminal justice system, and we are seeing it in the disproportionate shooting of black men.
article_snippet.sent: In the meantime, if we can't immediately root out racial bias, we can at least put a bright spotlight on it, and we can start by focusing on the one interaction where racial bias results in the loss of life -- we can start by placing body-mounted cameras on cops.
highlights_snippet.sent: The underlying problem is racial bias in policing; until that's solved, body cameras are a good interim solution .