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Stephen Starr in Dayton, Ohio

Ohio police crack down on body-camera footage in a blow to civil liberties

a police officer with their hands on their belt wears a body camera
A police officer wears a body camera on during a protest in Cleveland, Ohio, on 18 July 2016. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Nothing will bring back Rebecca Duran’s son, 20-year-old Donovan Lewis, who was shot dead by a police officer while in his bed in August 2022.

But getting at the truth surrounding his murder in Columbus, Ohio, relied on one piece of crucial evidence: the officers’ own body-camera footage.

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