Philadelphia police rarely release body camera videos – here's why it may happen in the fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry

By Jordan Hyatt, Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, Drexel University

Some Philadelphia residents are calling on police to release body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry on Aug. 14, 2023. The Conversation spoke to Jordan M. Hyatt, associate professor of criminology and justice studies and the director of the Center for Public Policy at Philadelphia’s Drexel University, to explain the rules controlling when the public gets to see body cam footage – and how Philly’s legal framework compares to other places in the U.S.

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