Judge Orders Release Of Police Footage In Jose Charles Case

A judge has authorized the release of police body-cam footage in the controversial case of Greensboro teenager Jose Charles. But the decision comes with strings attached.

The encounter between Charles and Greensboro police resulted in four counts against the minor, and plenty of debate over whether this was another incident of police brutality.

His mother, Tamara Figueroa, had left him alone for a moment at a festival, and when she returned, she says she saw a bloody scene, and an officer's hands around her son's neck.

The Greensboro Police Department says Charles had attacked an officer.

According to the News & Record, body camera footage of the incident will be released to the Greensboro City Council, on the condition council members don't talk about it in public.

This case is the first major test of House Bill 972, a law that went into effect last year that makes judges the arbiters of whether or not police body cam footage can be made public.