Runtime: 26 minutes
Police Tape is a half-hour documentary chronicling the role that police recordings have played in holding officers accountable. Almost twenty years after George Holliday recorded the Rodney King beating on his camcorder, several people captured a transit officer shooting a young man on their cell phone. Today, prosecutors in at least three states have tried to use existing wiretapping laws to make recording the police a felony. Simultaneously, dozens of police departments across the country are adding cameras to their officers' uniforms to record every single stop, and although these police cameras are often framed around ensuring police are held accountable, it's unclear the public will ever see any evidence of police abuse captured by these cameras.
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Screening: Sunday, November 13, 12:00PM at 217 East 42nd Street Reserve Seats