Fifty - one % said they found news stories about the deaths of people at the hands of police officers, or news about ambush attacks on police in three states, to be among the year's most important news events. (businessinsider.com)
The powerful video portrayed, with frank brutality, the October 2014 death of 17 - year - old Laquan McDonald at the hands of a police officer who shot the teenager 16 times. (fortune.com)
According to The Wall Street Journal, body cameras have become a $ 1 billion industry since the deaths of Brown, Eric Garner, and other unarmed black civilians at the hands of police officers. (inc.com)