[coloradan]

This should be a felony. In fact, if any aspect of the man’s death is a crime, then deleting the footage is evidence tampering which is also a crime. Officers who blatantly cover up their own criminal actions deserve to be charged under title 18, sec. 241 and 242 official oppression, and deprivation of rights under color of authority.

[Boogieman]

Don’t forget the RICO act if more than one officer colluded to cover up their crimes.

[sargon]

Officers who blatantly cover up their own criminal actions deserve to be charged under title 18, sec. 241 and 242 official oppression, and deprivation of rights under color of authority.

Absolutely.

Parenthetically, I wonder when the last time this portion of the US code was actually used as the basis for any criminal charges against an LEO?