Bodycam Shows Cops Shooting Man Armed With Two Knives

Baltimore police released footage from police body cameras that show officers shooting a suspect. Police officials viewed the public release as a new step toward transparency to win back residents who have lost faith in the department after multiple incidents of a men dying or being injured in police custody, including Freddie Gray, whose death in April 2015 from injuries sustained in a police van launched the city into weeks of unrest. While the footage might raise questions about officers' use-of-force in the shooting, it also dramatically displays the realities of what police face routinely and it gives the public their perspective of volatile situations as they unfold. "It's our responsibility, we believe very strongly, to identify critical incidents like this, especially when deadly force was used and share it with the community," Baltimore police Commissioner Kevin Davis said. "We believe it's making us better as an agency. We believe it's improving police community relationships and accountability."