{"id":4160,"date":"2015-09-11T17:28:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T17:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=4160"},"modified":"2015-09-11T17:28:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T17:28:52","slug":"fatal-shooting-of-san-antonio-man-prompts-call-for-body-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=4160","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Shooting of San Antonio Man Prompts Call for Body Cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>by Eric Galatas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; A video released last Monday by an ABC affiliate in San Antonio shows Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies Greg Vasquez and Robert Sanchez fatally shooting Gilbert Flores. In the video, Flores stands still &#8211; and at a distance from the officers with his hands raised &#8211; the moment the deputies open fire.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Simpson, senior policy strategist with the ACLU of Texas, said the video raises serious concerns.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4161\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4161\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4161\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gr-47952-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"A fatal shooting in San Antonio is shining new light on the debate over whether law-enforcement officers should use body cameras. Photo: Avid Creative, Inc.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gr-47952-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gr-47952-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gr-47952-1-1-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gr-47952-1-1-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fatal shooting in San Antonio is shining new light on the debate over whether law-enforcement officers should use body cameras. Photo: Avid Creative, Inc.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf there hadn\u2019t been a bystander with a video camera at this incident, we wouldn\u2019t have known what we know now,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen these videos come out, it\u2019s a reminder that steps need to be taken to ensure that there\u2019s good policies in place that really clarify when an officer can and cannot use force, particularly deadly force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU of Texas is calling on the Sheriff\u2019s Department and the Bexar County District Attorney\u2019s Office to conduct what it terms a \u201ctransparent investigation\u201d into the Aug. 28 shooting and hold any wrongdoers accountable. Both officers involved in the shooting have been placed on paid administrative leave.<\/p>\n<p>Although the video doesn\u2019t show every aspect of the interaction, Simpson said it points to a troubling trend of officers failing to use force proportional to the circumstances. He said he believes that if members of law enforcement used body cameras, there would be more objective evidence of police encounters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBody cameras for law enforcement are good for both the public and for officers,\u201d he said. \u201cFor the public, we have clarity on incidents like uses of force, so we know exactly what happened. For officers, there\u2019s been research done that body cameras actually encourage the public to be more respectful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simpson noted that Texas went part of the way on body cameras when the Legislature passed Senate Bill 158, which went into effect on Tuesday. The measure does not require the use of cameras, but establishes guidelines and provides grants to agencies for training and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The KSAT Channel 12 video link is online at <a href=\"http:\/\/ksat.com\" target=\"_blank\">ksat.com<\/a>. Details of SB 158 are at <a href=\"http:\/\/legiscan.com\" target=\"_blank\">legiscan.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Eric Galatas SAN ANTONIO &#8211; A video released last Monday by an ABC affiliate in San Antonio shows Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies Greg Vasquez and Robert Sanchez fatally shooting Gilbert Flores. In the video, Flores stands still &#8211; and at a distance from the officers with his hands raised &#8211; the moment the deputies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4162,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4160\/revisions\/4162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}