Commissioners: Why Isn’t HPD Releasing Body Cam Video Of Teen Shooting? A Honolulu police official says state law prohibits the release of information in court cases involving juveniles, including the video footage.
Honolulu Police Commissioners took a deputy chief to task on Wednesday over the police department’s decision not to release body camera footage of officers shooting and killing a 16-year-old Micronesian boy during a police pursuit.
Over two weeks have passed since the teen was killed, but the Honolulu Police Department has not stated what exactly prompted three officers to shoot him other than he and others in the vehicle he was driving had committed a series of crimes.
Body camera footage that could provide answers won’t be released because state law precludes the release of information in juvenile criminal cases, according to Deputy Chief Aaron Takasaki-Young.
