The police officer said his life was in danger. A teenager, ignoring orders from police to drop a four-inch knife he carried, walked away from a growing crowd of officers, slashing the front tire of a squad car on his way. Sixteen bullets later, the 17-year-old lay dead in the street, with only a dashboard video camera to explain what happened during the lost moments in between. In the past two years, video footage has played an increasingly important role in raising awareness of force, lethal and otherwise, used by police against civilians. From New York to South Carolina to California, video captured by cell...
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