Of course, outside critics were already unhappy with some elements of the camera policy, namely that cops have the right to review any use-of-force tapes before making a sworn shooting statement, thus allowing the officer to present their account in the best possible light.
After police called out to him, "he opened fire against the police and was thereafter shot," the statement added.
McClain, 22, held a gun beside a man's head during an altercation and the man begged him not to shoot, according to a statement released by Lt. John Crouch of the Decatur Police Department.
"What I love is we have the opportunity, because we went in with this mission statement, to shoot the Hulk like a character in a movie, and not like a 'Look what we've got!' We have 'overs' – blurry 'Hulk's over there!' bits, very quick shots.
You considered a statement that Michael Carneal wanted to go in and shoot school personnel an idle statement?
Protesters have been chanting, "Hands up, don't shoot" - a reference to statements by some witnesses who said Mr Brown had had his hands up in apparent surrender to the officer when he was shot.
In a statement, he said that while Page "has never been involved in an officer-involved shooting, the statements made about killing are unacceptable and not what we are about as a department".
The LA Times said its March 17 story was based on FBI records, interviews with people at the scene of the 1994 shooting, and statements to the FBI by an informant.
(Garth Risk Hallberg on Helen Dewitt's new novel, "Lightning Rods") B. I was no great fan of "Taxi Driver," I found it a thesis statement shot from a spatter gun.
"While on the ground, the suspect and officers struggled over one of the officer's handguns and then an officer involved shooting occurred," the statement said.
