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A Colorado teen's 2023 death in a police chase sparked a legal fight over body cam transparency under a new accountability law.
A 2023 police shooting in Lakewood, Colorado, where 17-year-old Mariana Martinez was killed during a robbery pursuit, tested Colorado’s 2020 Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity Act, which mandates public release of unedited body camera footage within 21 days of a misconduct complaint.
Initial police accounts conflicted, and the city withheld the video for over two years citing juvenile privacy laws, prompting a legal battle by Scripps News.
The footage, released after a lawsuit and appeal, showed officers chasing Martinez, attempting a taser, and firing multiple shots after she pointed a gun at them.
Both the district attorney’s team and the police chief’s internal review found the officers’ actions justified, no charges were filed, and the officers were commended.
The case highlighted tensions between transparency and privacy while demonstrating the law’s intent to ensure accountability through timely access to raw footage.
La muerte de un adolescente de Colorado en 2023 en una persecución policial provocó una pelea legal sobre la transparencia de las cámaras corporales bajo una nueva ley de rendición de cuentas.