Legal Corner: Viridian Weapon Technologies
How and why officers did not have their Body Cameras activated in Memphis OIS
Written by Matthew Plowman, J.D.
General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer
The fall out continues from SEPTEMBER’s tragic shooting in Memphis of Martavious Banks following a chase and traffic stop. As we have seen so many times, the focus is not on what really happened but on how and why the involved officers did not have their Body Cameras activated. Facts are still sketchy, but we understand from media reports that Banks was originally pulled over in a traffic stop and did not have ID or proof of insurance and officers report that a gun was spotted...
