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Last Week Tonight host looked into the proliferation of law enforcement body cameras, whose presence alone does not provide accountability

On the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver delved into the proliferation of police bodycams, “the devices that gives us a nipple’s-eye view of law enforcement’s interactions with the public” and which represent what some experts have called the largest new investment in policing in a generation.

Bodycams have been viewed as a “popular solution regarding transparency in law enforcement”, he explained, with many Democratic lawmakers currently calling for “masks off, body cameras on” in negotiations over the Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in US cities.