Law’s Michael Benza talks about how video availability has changed police shooting cases

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Associated PressMichael Benza, senior instructor in law, talked about how video availability has changed police shooting cases—but how, even with video, officers’ actions still can be subject to interpretation. “Usually it’s in this high-tension, high-adrenaline moment … ‘Do I shoot or do I not?’ It’s easy afterward to sit down and calmly look at the video and come to the decision. The officer doesn’t have that luxury,” he said.