Facebook Live streaming of shooting spotlights ethical, legal policies


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  • Friday, 08 Jul 2016

Hundreds of protesters leave after a the vigil outside JJ Elementary school in St. Paul, Minnesota, on July 7, 2016. Black motorist Philando Castile, 32, a school cafeteria worker, was shot at close range by a Minnesota cop and seen bleeding to death in a graphic video shot by his girlfriend that went viral Thursday, the second fatal police shooting to rock America in as many days. / AFP PHOTO / Joy Powell

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: A live, 10-minute video of the aftermath of a police officer shooting a black man in Minnesota was the latest example of the riveting power of video streaming and the complex ethical and policy issues it raises for Facebook Live and similar features. 

The graphic video taken by the victim's girlfriend and broadcast on her Facebook page shows Philando Castile covered in blood in the driver's seat of a car as the officer points a gun into the vehicle. 

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